The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Chireno Owls (Chireno, TX) and the visiting West Rusk Raiders (New London, TX), observed Chireno's basketball team overwhelm West Rusk by a score of 59-32.

The Owls (7-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Gary (Gary, TX). The Bobcats come into the non-league challenge with a 9-3 record. In their last challenge, Gary trounced Latexo (Latexo, TX), 53-36, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Raiders battle the Non Varsity Tournament Opponent (, ) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, December 5. West Rusk will attempt to improve on its 3-1 season record.