The La Vernia Bears (La Vernia, TX) basketball edged the visiting Gregory-Portland Wildcats (Portland, TX), 47-41 in Thursday's non-league bout.

The Bears now possess a 4-2 record. They play next when they travel to Aransas Pass for a non-league bout on Thursday, December 4. La Vernia will encounter a Panthers squad coming off a 67-42 non-league loss to Carroll (Corpus Christi, TX). The Panthers record now stands at 1-4.

The Wildcats (2-4) will now prepare for their test against Canyon Lake (Fischer, TX). The Hawks come into the non-league test with a 4-1 record. In their last test, Canyon Lake held off Ingram Moore (Ingram, TX), 52-31, in a non-league test.