The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Boles Hornets (Quinlan, TX) and the visiting Sulphur Bluff Bears (Sulphur Bluff, TX), observed Boles's basketball team edge Sulphur Bluff by a score of 57-56.

The Hornets (10-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Celeste (Celeste, TX). The Blue Devils come into the non-league challenge with a 7-8 record. In their last challenge, Celeste was tipped by Big Sandy (Dallardsville, TX), 32-30, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Bears encounter the Union Hill Bulldogs (Gilmer, TX) in a 1A Region III District 20 challenge, on Friday, January 10. Sulphur Bluff will attempt to improve on its 6-12 season record.