The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Ball Tornadoes (Galveston, TX) and the host Caney Creek Panthers (Conroe, TX), observed Ball's basketball team overwhelm Caney Creek by a score of 87-47.

The Tornadoes (3-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Clear Lake (Houston, TX). The Falcons come into the non-league challenge with a 8-4 record. In their last challenge, Clear Lake crushed Langham Creek (Houston, TX), 72-65, in a non-league bout.

With the loss, Caney Creek falls to 2-7 on the campaign. The Panthers travel to Cleveland (Cleveland, TX) to play the Indians in a 6A Region II District 13 bout on Tuesday, December 10. The Indians go into the bout with a record of 0-8. Cleveland lost 59-35 in their recent non-league bout against Lake Creek (Montgomery, TX)