The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Apache Warriors (Apache, OK) and the host Sterling Tigers (Sterling, OK), observed Apache's basketball team knock off Sterling by a score of 35-27.

The Warriors (3-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Lookeba-Sickles (Lookeba, OK). The Panthers come into the non-league challenge with a 7-0 record. In their last challenge, Lookeba-Sickles prevailed over Duke (Duke, OK), 74-14, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Tigers encounter the Duke Tigers (Duke, OK) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 13. Sterling will attempt to improve on its 5-4 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 1-6 record after their 74-14 non-league loss to Lookeba-Sickles (Lookeba, OK).