The Hermleigh Cardinals (Hermleigh, TX) basketball crushed the visiting Bronte Longhorns (Bronte, TX), 49-27 in Friday's non-league test.

The Cardinals (4-7) will now prepare for their test against Wilson (Wilson, TX). The Mustangs go into the non-league test with a 9-6 record. In their last test, Wilson walloped Petersburg (Petersburg, TX), 65-52, in a league test.

The Longhorns now own a 5-12 record. They play next when they host Eden for a non-league test on Tuesday, January 2. Bronte will encounter a Bulldogs squad coming off a 50-36 non-league loss to Veribest (Veribest, TX). The Bulldogs record now stands at 1-8.