The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Prairiland Patriots (Pattonville, TX) and the visiting De Kalb Bears (De Kalb, TX), observed Prairiland's basketball team edge De Kalb by a score of 35-34.

The Patriots (9-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Winnsboro (Winnsboro, TX). The Raiders come into the 3A Region II District 12 challenge with a 16-2 record. In their last challenge, Winnsboro edged Canton (Canton, TX), 49-46, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Bears encounter the Liberty-Eylau Leopards (Texarkana, TX) in a 3A Region II District 14 challenge, on Tuesday, December 10. De Kalb will attempt to improve on its 4-1 season record. The Leopards come into the challenge with a 5-4 record after their 53-25 non-league loss to Canton (Canton, TX).