The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Poolville Monarchs (Poolville, TX) and the visiting Albany Lions (Albany, TX), observed Poolville's basketball team edge Albany by a score of 50-46.

The Monarchs (12-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Vernon (Vernon, TX). The Lions come into the non-league challenge with a 9-3 record. In their last challenge, Vernon edged Midway (Henrietta, TX), 54-40, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Lions encounter the Windthorst Trojans (Windthorst, TX) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 27. Albany will attempt to improve on its 5-3 season record. The Trojans come into the challenge with a 7-6 record after their 56-35 league win over Petrolia (Petrolia, TX).