The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears (Orange, TX) and the host Vinton Lions (Vinton, LA), observed Little Cypress-Mauriceville's basketball team edge Vinton by a score of 47-40.

The Bears (4-2) will now prepare for their challenge against West Fork (Kingwood, TX). The Gators come into the non-league challenge with a 3-1 record. In their last challenge, West Fork edged Shepherd (Shepherd, TX), 60-53, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Lions encounter the Midland Rebels (Midland, LA) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, December 3. Vinton will attempt to improve on its 2-1 season record. The Rebels come into the challenge with a 0-3 record after their 49-40 non-league loss to Sulphur (Sulphur, LA).