The Garden City Bearkats basketball squad (Garden City, TX), was outscored 51-35 in Friday's league battle with the host Veribest Falcons (Veribest, TX)

With the victory, Veribest advances its record to 10-1 on the year. The Falcons host Bronte (Bronte, TX) to meet the Longhorns in a 1A Region II District 11 outing on Friday, January 3. The Longhorns come into the outing with a record of 4-7.

The Bearkats (2-10) will now prepare for their outing against Sands (Ackerly, TX). The Mustangs come into the non-league outing with a 10-4 record. In their last outing, Sands was defeated by Midland Classical Academy (Midland, TX), 59-39, in a non-league outing.