The Wharton Wildcats (Tampa, FL) basketball edged the visiting Sumner Stingrays (Riverview, FL), 48-47 in Saturday's non-league bout.

The Wildcats now possess a 1-0 record. They play next when they travel to Strawberry Crest for a non-league bout on Saturday, December 14. Wharton will play a Chargers team coming off a 46-36 non-league loss to Plant City (Plant City, FL). The Chargers record now stands at 0-1.

With the loss, Sumner falls to 0-3 on the campaign. The Stingrays travel to Spoto (Riverview, FL) to play the Spartans in a non-league bout on Saturday, December 14. The Spartans go into the bout with a record of 0-1. Spoto lost 75-48 in their recent non-league bout against Steinbrenner (Lutz, FL)