The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Slaton Tigers (Slaton, TX) and the host Klondike Cougars (Lamesa, TX), observed Slaton's basketball team overwhelm Klondike by a score of 75-38.

The Tigers (14-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Alpine (Alpine, TX). The Bucks come into the non-league challenge with a 2-3 record.

In their next game, the Cougars encounter the Itasca Wampus Cats (Itasca, TX) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 27. Klondike will attempt to improve on its 1-1 season record. The Wampus Cats come into the challenge with a 13-4 record after their 60-42 non-league win over Clarendon (Clarendon, TX).