The crowd at Saturday's league challenge between the Pecos Panthers (Pecos, NM) and the host Santa Rosa Lions (Santa Rosa, NM), observed Pecos's basketball team edge Santa Rosa by a score of 71-67.

The Panthers (15-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Estancia (Estancia, NM). The Bears come into the 2A District 6 challenge with a 5-19 record. In their last challenge, Estancia was tipped by Clayton (Clayton, NM), 65-48, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Lions battle the Estancia Bears (Estancia, NM) in a 2A District 6 challenge, on Thursday, February 20. Santa Rosa will attempt to improve on its 20-4 season record.