Fans at Friday's league challenge between the Midlothian Panthers (Midlothian, TX) and the visiting Burleson Elks (Burleson, TX), saw Midlothian's basketball squad hold off Burleson by a count of 38-33.

With the victory, Midlothian upgrades its record to 8-23 on the campaign. The Panthers travel to Centennial (Burleson, TX) to play the Spartans in a 5A Region I District 8 challenge on Tuesday, February 6. The Spartans come into the challenge with a record of 23-10. Centennial lost 58-50 in their recent league challenge against Joshua (Joshua, TX)