The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Maypearl Panthers (Maypearl, TX) and the host Venus Bulldogs (Venus, TX), observed Maypearl's basketball team edge Venus by a score of 39-35.

The Panthers (11-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Lake Worth (Lake Worth, TX). The Bullfrogs come into the non-league challenge with a 12-4 record. In their last challenge, Lake Worth edged Western Hills (Fort Worth, TX), 42-18, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Bulldogs encounter the Kennedale Wildcats (Kennedale, TX) in a 4A Region II District 12 challenge, on Tuesday, December 10. Venus will attempt to improve on its 8-8 season record. The Wildcats come into the challenge with a 7-11 record after their 48-46 non-league loss to Kaufman (Kaufman, TX).