The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Ballinger Bearcats (Ballinger, TX) and the visiting Haskell Indians (Haskell, TX), observed Ballinger's basketball team edge Haskell by a score of 34-27.

The Bearcats (3-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Quanah (Quanah, TX). The Indians come into the non-league challenge with a 6-3 record. In their last challenge, Quanah edged Roby (Roby, TX), 52-17, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Indians encounter the Clyde Bulldogs (Clyde, TX) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, December 10. Haskell will attempt to improve on its 1-3 season record. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a 5-3 record after their 49-31 non-league win over Munday (Munday, TX).