The Ballinger Bearcats (Ballinger, TX) basketball edged the host Reagan County Owls (Big Lake, TX), 53-51 in Friday's non-league bout.

The Bearcats now possess a 11-5 record. They play next when they travel to Winters for a 2A Region I District 8 bout on Tuesday, December 31. Ballinger will play a Blizzards team coming off a 35-11 non-league loss to Abilene Christian (Abilene, TX). The Blizzards record now stands at 12-13.

With the loss, Reagan County falls to 8-13 on the campaign. The Owls travel to Alpine (Alpine, TX) to play the Bucks in a non-league bout on Friday, December 27. The Bucks go into the bout with a record of 7-5. Alpine lost 57-45 in their recent non-league bout against Trinity Christian (Lubbock, TX)