The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Cimarron Rams (Cimarron, NM) and the host Clayton Yellowjackets (Clayton, NM), observed Cimarron's basketball team knock off Clayton by a score of 39-27.

The Rams (3-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Roy/Mosquero (Roy, NM). The Blue/Lady Blue come into the non-league challenge with a 5-0 record. In their last challenge, Roy/Mosquero prevailed over Non Varsity Opponent (, ), 80-5, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Yellowjackets encounter the Des Moines Demons (Des Moines, NM) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, December 17. Clayton will attempt to improve on its 1-4 season record. The Demons come into the challenge with a 3-2 record after their 49-39 non-league loss to Springer (Springer, NM).