The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Rice Consolidated Raiders (Altair, TX) and the visiting Fayetteville Lions (Fayetteville, TX), observed Rice Consolidated's basketball team overcome Fayetteville by a score of 76-68.

The Raiders (7-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Flatonia (Flatonia, TX). The Bulldogs come into the non-league challenge with a 4-7 record. In their last challenge, Flatonia defeated Waelder (Waelder, TX), 83-30, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Lions battle the Dime Box Longhorns (Dime Box, TX) in a 1A Region IV District 29 challenge, on Tuesday, December 17. Fayetteville will attempt to improve on its 9-8 season record. The Longhorns come into the challenge with a 3-5 record after their 85-46 non-league loss to Onalaska (Onalaska, TX).