The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Bowie Pirates (Simms, TX) and the visiting Christian Home Educators Knights (Sulphur Springs, TX), observed Bowie's basketball team knock off Christian Home Educators by a score of 54-36.

The Pirates (11-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Whitewright (Whitewright, TX). The Tigers come into the non-league challenge with a 8-0 record. In their last challenge, Whitewright prevailed over Savoy (Savoy, TX), 62-31, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Knights battle the Boles Hornets (Quinlan, TX) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, December 12. Christian Home Educators will attempt to improve on its 5-5 season record. The Hornets come into the challenge with a 2-6 record after their 73-51 non-league loss to Forestburg (Forestburg, TX).