The crowd at Friday's league battle between the Collinsville Pirates (Collinsville, TX) and the visiting Tom Bean Tomcats (Tom Bean, TX), saw Collinsville's baseball team get by Tom Bean by a tally of 6-5.

The Pirates (11-3) will now prepare for their battle against Ector (Ector, TX). The Eagles go into the 2A Region II District 11 challenge with a 4-4 record. In their last challenge, Ector was nipped by Honey Grove (Honey Grove, TX), 9-3, in a league challenge.

With the defeat, Tom Bean drops to 7-5 on the year. The Tomcats travel to Pottsboro (Pottsboro, TX) to clash with the Cardinals in a non-league challenge on Saturday, March 22. The Cardinals go into the challenge with a record of 5-3. Pottsboro won 11-0 in their recent non-league challenge against S & S Consolidated (Sadler, TX)