Fans at Friday's league challenge between the Spurger Pirates (Spurger, TX) and the visiting Burkeville Mustangs (Burkeville, TX), saw Spurger's basketball squad wallop Burkeville by a tally of 69-44.

With the victory, Spurger improves its record to 16-10 on the campaign. The Pirates travel to Goodrich (Goodrich, TX) to confront the Hornets in a 1A Region IV District 28 challenge on Tuesday, February 6. The Hornets come into the challenge with a record of 1-19. Goodrich lost 34-33 in their recent league challenge against High Island (High Island, TX)

Next up, the Mustangs confront the Chester Yellowjackets (Chester, TX) in a 1A Region IV District 28 challenge, on Tuesday, February 6. Burkeville will attempt to improve on its 9-16 season record. The Yellowjackets come into the challenge with a 9-20 record after their 78-30 league loss to Brookeland (Brookeland, TX).