The Animas Panthers basketball team (Animas, NM), was overwhelmed 60-25 in Thursday's non-league battle with the visiting Carrizozo Grizzlies (Carrizozo, NM)

The Grizzlies now possess a 1-0 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Hatch Valley for a non-league battle on Friday, December 5. Carrizozo will confront a Bears team coming off a 83-54 non-league win over Alamo Navajo (Magdalena, NM). The Bears record now stands at 2-0.

The Panthers (0-2) will now prepare for their outing against Fort Sumner (Fort Sumner, NM). The Foxes/Vixens go into the non-league outing with a 0-1 record. In their last outing, Fort Sumner was trounced by Hondo Valley (Hondo, NM), 75-27, in a non-league outing.