The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Rice Consolidated Raiders (Altair, TX) and the host Boling Bulldogs (Boling, TX), observed Rice Consolidated's basketball team edge Boling by a score of 62-55.

The Raiders (12-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Edna (Edna, TX). The Cowboys come into the 3A Region IV District 25 challenge with a 2-1 record. In their last challenge, Edna edged Taft (Taft, TX), 63-45, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Bulldogs battle the Cuero Gobblers (Cuero, TX) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, December 30. Boling will attempt to improve on its 12-3 season record. The Gobblers come into the challenge with a 1-4 record after their 65-41 non-league loss to Sealy (Sealy, TX).