The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Rockport-Fulton Pirates (Rockport, TX) and the host Pettus Eagles (Pettus, TX), observed Rockport-Fulton's basketball team overwhelm Pettus by a margin of 88-40.

The Pirates (11-13) will now prepare for their challenge against Calallen (Corpus Christi, TX). The Wildcats come into the non-league challenge with a 15-8 record. In their last challenge, Calallen trounced Goliad (Goliad, TX), 59-40, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Eagles battle the Woodsboro Eagles (Woodsboro, TX) in a 2A Region IV District 31 challenge, on Tuesday, December 31. Pettus will attempt to better on its 2-13 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 3-9 record after their 57-44 league win over Skidmore-Tynan (Skidmore, TX).