Fans at Tuesday's league challenge between the Shepherd Pirates (Shepherd, TX) and the visiting Anderson-Shiro Fighting Owls (Anderson, TX), saw Shepherd's basketball squad knock off Anderson-Shiro by a tally of 60-45.

With the victory, Shepherd improves its record to 16-16 on the campaign. The Pirates travel to Coldspring-Oakhurst (Coldspring, TX) to play the Trojans in a 3A Region III District 23 challenge on Friday, February 10. The Trojans come into the challenge with a record of 13-16. Coldspring-Oakhurst lost 84-81 in their recent league challenge against Trinity (Trinity, TX)

Next up, the Fighting Owls play the Onalaska Wildcats (Onalaska, TX) in a 3A Region III District 23 challenge, on Friday, February 10. Anderson-Shiro will attempt to improve on its 7-24 season record. The Wildcats come into the challenge with a 13-20 record after their 63-51 league loss to New Waverly (New Waverly, TX).