Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Tarkington Longhorns (Cleveland, TX) and the host East Chambers Buccaneers (Winnie, TX), saw Tarkington's basketball squad hold off East Chambers by a tally of 63-61.

With the victory, Tarkington improves its record to 27-12 on the campaign. The Longhorns travel to Kountze (Kountze, TX) to confront the Lions in a non-league challenge on Tuesday, February 27. The Lions come into the challenge with a record of 32-5. Kountze won 74-52 in their recent non-league challenge against Shepherd (Shepherd, TX)