Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Ballinger Bearcats (Ballinger, TX) and the visiting Wall Hawks (Wall, TX), saw Ballinger's basketball squad hold off Wall by a tally of 48-46.

With the victory, Ballinger improves its record to 18-12 on the campaign. The Bearcats travel to San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy (San Angelo, TX) to confront the Eagles in a non-league challenge on Friday, February 3. The Eagles come into the challenge with a record of 2-23. San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy lost 36-25 in their recent league challenge against Grape Creek (San Angelo, TX)

Next up, the Hawks confront the Coahoma Bulldogs (Coahoma, TX) in a 3A Region I District 6 challenge, on Friday, February 3. Wall will attempt to improve on its 24-5 season record. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a 12-16 record after their 67-54 league win over Merkel (Merkel, TX).