The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Cloudcroft Bears (Cloudcroft, NM) and the visiting Mountainair Mustangs (Mountainair, NM), observed Cloudcroft's basketball team overwhelm Mountainair by a margin of 49-27.

The Bears (5-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Carrizozo (Carrizozo, NM). The Grizzlies come into the non-league challenge with a 0-9 record.

In their next game, the Mustangs battle the Quemado Eagles (Quemado, NM) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 4. Mountainair will attempt to better on its 2-10 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 7-2 record after their 50-30 non-league win over Ramah (Ramah, NM).