The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Poth Pirates (Poth, TX) and the host Hondo Owls (Hondo, TX), observed Poth's basketball team knock off Hondo by a score of 50-34.

The Pirates (3-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, TX). The Billies come into the non-league challenge with a 7-4 record. In their last challenge, Fredericksburg prevailed over Stacey (San Antonio, TX), 62-26, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Owls encounter the Poteet Aggies (Poteet, TX) in a 3A Region IV District 28 challenge, on Tuesday, December 17. Hondo will attempt to improve on its 0-10 season record. The Aggies come into the challenge with a 5-11 record after their 33-21 non-league loss to Thrall (Thrall, TX).