The crowd at Thursday's non-league contest between the Animas Panthers (Animas, NM) and the host Fort Hancock Mustangs (Fort Hancock, TX), observed Animas's football squad defeat Fort Hancock by a margin of 43-25.

The Panthers now sport a 1-2 record. They take the field next when they travel to Hondo Valley for a 6-Man District 2 (6 Man) outing on Saturday, September 21. Animas will clash with a Eagles squad coming off a 61-0 non-league loss to Grady (Grady, NM). The Eagles record now stands at 0-3.

With the defeat, Fort Hancock drops to 0-3 on the campaign. The Mustangs host Sanderson (Sanderson, TX) to clash with the Eagles in a non-league outing on Friday, September 20. The Eagles come into the outing with a record of 3-0. Sanderson won 46-0 in their recent non-league outing against Knippa (Knippa, TX)