The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Cross Plains Buffaloes (Cross Plains, TX) and the visiting Baird Bears (Baird, TX), observed Cross Plains's basketball team knock off Baird by a score of 53-35.

The Buffaloes (2-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Hico (Hico, TX). The Tigers come into the non-league challenge with a 1-0 record. In their last challenge, Hico prevailed over Millsap (Millsap, TX), 30-24, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Bears battle the Garner (Weatherford, TX) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, November 11. Baird will attempt to improve on its 0-1 season record.