The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Hawkins Hawks (Hawkins, TX) and the visiting Carthage Bulldogs (Carthage, TX), observed Hawkins's basketball team edge Carthage by a score of 38-34.

The Hawks (17-2) will now prepare for their challenge against East Texas Homeschool Sports (Longview, TX). The Chargers go into the non-league game with a 13-6 record. In their last game, East Texas Homeschool Sports nudged Varsity Opponent (, ), 58-56, in a non-league game.

With the loss, Carthage falls to 1-2 on the campaign. The Bulldogs travel to Gilmer (Gilmer, TX) to play the Buckeyes in a 4A Region II District 16 game on Tuesday, December 31. The Buckeyes go into the game with a record of 4-10. Gilmer won 55-54 in their recent non-league game against Central Heights (Nacogdoches, TX)