The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the La Cueva Bears (Albuquerque, NM) and the visiting Centennial Hawks (Las Cruces, NM), witnessed La Cueva's basketball squad hold off Centennial by a count of 54-47.

With the victory, La Cueva betters its record to 3-2 on the season. The Bears travel to St. Pius X (Albuquerque, NM) to battle the Sartans in a non-league contest on Saturday, December 13. The Sartans come into the contest with a record of 1-3. St. Pius X lost 60-51 in their recent non-league contest against Mayfield (Las Cruces, NM)

In their next game, the Hawks battle the Clovis Wildcats (Clovis, NM) in a non-league match, on Saturday, December 13. Centennial will attempt to advance on its 1-4 season record. The Wildcats enter the match with a 4-2 record after their 56-14 non-league loss to Albuquerque (Albuquerque, NM).