The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Hale Center Owls (Hale Center, TX) and the host Ballinger Bearcats (Ballinger, TX), observed Hale Center's basketball team overcome Ballinger by a score of 67-49.

The Owls (11-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Grapevine Faith Christian (Grapevine, TX). The Lions come into the non-league challenge with a 5-7 record. In their last challenge, Grapevine Faith Christian dropped by Tatum (Tatum, NM), 51-42, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Bearcats battle the Winters Blizzards (Winters, TX) in a 2A Region I District 8 challenge, on Tuesday, December 31. Ballinger will attempt to improve on its 11-6 season record. The Blizzards come into the challenge with a 12-13 record after their 35-11 non-league loss to Abilene Christian (Abilene, TX).