The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Hereford Whitefaces (Hereford, TX) and the visiting Abilene Eagles (Abilene, TX), observed Hereford's basketball team overcome Abilene by a margin of 52-41.

The Whitefaces (6-11) will now prepare for their challenge against East View (Georgetown, TX). The Patriots come into the non-league challenge with a 5-17 record. In their last challenge, East View dropped by Abilene (Abilene, TX), 36-19, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Eagles battle the Lake Country Christian Eagles (Fort Worth, TX) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 27. Abilene will attempt to better on its 12-11 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 15-4 record after their 70-47 non-league loss to Coram Deo Academy (Flower Mound, TX).