The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Stratford Elks (Stratford, TX) and the host Spearman Lynx (Spearman, TX), observed Stratford's basketball team edge Spearman by a score of 42-37.

The Elks (14-1) will now prepare for their challenge against River Road (Amarillo, TX). The Wildcats come into the non-league challenge with a 1-5 record.

In their next game, the Lynx encounter the Vega Longhorns (Vega, TX) in a 2A Region I District 1 challenge, on Tuesday, December 17. Spearman will attempt to improve on its 10-4 season record. The Longhorns come into the challenge with a 10-2 record after their 51-33 league win over Sunray (Sunray, TX).