The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Cypress Springs Panthers (Cypress, TX) and the host Cypress Falls Eagles (Houston, TX), witnessed Cypress Springs's basketball squad hold off Cypress Falls by a count of 41-39.

With the victory, Cypress Springs advances its record to 13-2 on the year. The Panthers travel to Cy-Fair (Cypress, TX) to meet the Bobcats in a non-league battle on Saturday, December 13. The Bobcats enter the battle with a record of 7-3. Cy-Fair won 78-19 in their recent non-league battle against Carroll (Corpus Christi, TX)

The Eagles now own a 10-5 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Northbrook for a 6A Region III District 17 battle on Tuesday, December 16. Cypress Falls will meet a Raiders squad coming off a 39-32 non-league loss to Lamar Consolidated (Rosenberg, TX). The Raiders record now stands at 6-5.