The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Chaparral Lobos (Chaparral, NM) and the host Austin Panthers (El Paso, TX), observed Chaparral's basketball team knock off Austin by a score of 42-34.

The Lobos (3-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Hot Springs (Truth or Consequences, NM). The Tigers come into the non-league challenge with a 2-5 record. In their last challenge, Hot Springs prevailed over Ruidoso (Ruidoso, NM), 47-43, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Panthers encounter the Harmony Science Academy (El Paso, TX) in a 4A Region I District 1 challenge, on Friday, December 20. Austin will attempt to improve on its 5-12 season record. The come into the challenge with a 7-11 record after their 36-30 non-league loss to Fabens (Fabens, TX).