Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Shepherd Pirates (Shepherd, TX) and the visiting Diboll Lumberjacks (Diboll, TX), saw Shepherd's basketball squad overcome Diboll by a tally of 41-23.

With the victory, Shepherd improves its record to 5-3 on the campaign. The Pirates travel to Trinity (Trinity, TX) to confront the Tigers in a 3A Region III District 23 challenge on Tuesday, December 12. The Tigers come into the challenge with a record of 2-9.

Next up, the Lumberjacks confront the Tarkington Longhorns (Cleveland, TX) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 8. Diboll will attempt to improve on its 11-4 season record. The Longhorns come into the challenge with a 3-6 record after their 32-28 league win over New Waverly (New Waverly, TX).