The Irion County Hornets were victorious over the visiting Blackwell Hornets basketball squad by a final score of 48-40 in Tuesday's league outing.

Next, the Hornets face the Newman International Academy Warriors (Cedar Hill, TX) in a non-league outing, on Friday, December 13. Irion County will attempt to upgrade on its 9-4 season record. The Warriors enter the outing with a 6-9 record after their 47-19 league win over UME Preparatory Academy (Dallas, TX).

The Hornets (6-6) will now prepare for their outing against Paint Rock (Paint Rock, TX). The Indians enter the non-league outing with a 1-5 record. In their last outing, Paint Rock was defeated by Santa Anna (Santa Anna, TX), 37-10, in a non-league outing.