The Crane Cranes (Crane, TX) basketball crushed the host Balmorhea Bears (Balmorhea, TX), 56-33 in Thursday's non-league bout.

The Cranes now possess a 5-8 record. They play next when they travel to Rankin for a non-league bout on Friday, December 13. Crane will play a Red Devils team coming off a 55-19 non-league loss to Garden City (Garden City, TX). The Red Devils record now stands at 5-3.

With the loss, Balmorhea falls to 4-7 on the campaign. The Bears travel to Grady (Lenorah, TX) to play the Wildcats in a non-league bout on Friday, December 13. The Wildcats go into the bout with a record of 5-5. Grady lost 39-15 in their recent non-league bout against Christoval (Christoval, TX)