The crowd at Tuesday's non-league battle between the Lufkin Panthers (Lufkin, TX) and the visiting Texas Tigers (Texarkana, TX), witnessed Lufkin's baseball team knock off Texas by a count of 9-3.

The Panthers now own a 13-6 record. They take the field next when they host Nacogdoches for a 5A Region II District 16 challenge on Wednesday, March 26. Lufkin will clash with a Dragons team coming off a 9-0 league loss to Whitehouse (Whitehouse, TX). The Dragons record now stands at 5-13.

With the defeat, Texas drops to 4-3 on the year. The Tigers host Whitehouse (Whitehouse, TX) to clash with the Wildcats in a challenge on Friday, March 28. The Wildcats go into the challenge with a record of 15-5. Whitehouse won 2-0 in their recent league challenge against Hallsville (Hallsville, TX)