Fans at Friday's league challenge between the Pettus War Eagles (Pettus, TX) and the visiting Runge Yellowjackets (Runge, TX), saw Pettus's basketball squad hold off Runge by a tally of 33-27.

With the victory, Pettus improves its record to 2-13 on the campaign. The War Eagles travel to Prairie Lea (Prairie Lea, TX) to confront the Indians in a 1A Region IV District 30 challenge on Tuesday, February 7. The Indians come into the challenge with a record of 10-12. Prairie Lea lost 48-37 in their recent league challenge against Nordheim (Nordheim, TX)

Next up, the Yellowjackets confront the Austwell-Tivoli Redfish (Tivoli, TX) in a 1A Region IV District 30 challenge, on Tuesday, February 7. Runge will attempt to improve on its 2-23 season record. The Redfish come into the challenge with a 2-8 record after their 96-41 league loss to Waelder (Waelder, TX).