The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Athens Hornets (Athens, TX) and the host Fairfield Eagles (Fairfield, TX), observed Athens's basketball team knock off Fairfield by a score of 71-60.

The Hornets (6-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Maypearl (Maypearl, TX). The Panthers come into the non-league challenge with a 2-10 record. In their last challenge, Maypearl was knocked off by Bullard (Bullard, TX), 71-58, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Eagles encounter the Maypearl Panthers (Maypearl, TX) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 13. Fairfield will attempt to improve on its 1-5 season record. The Panthers come into the challenge with a 2-10 record after their 71-58 non-league loss to Bullard (Bullard, TX).