In Saturday's non-league outing, the Hatch Valley Bears (Hatch, NM) basketball squad edged the visiting Cloudcroft Bears (Cloudcroft, NM), by a count of 50-46.
The Bears (2-4) will now prepare for their outing against Cobre (Bayard, NM). The Indians go into the 3A District 3 outing with a 5-1 record. In their last outing, Cobre held off Silver (Silver City, NM), 51-45, in a non-league outing.
The Bears now hold a 1-4 record. They play next when they host Mescalero Apache for a 2A District 3 outing on Monday, April 19. Cloudcroft will clash with a Chiefs squad coming off a 64-29 league win over Lordsburg (Lordsburg, NM). The Chiefs record now stands at 5-1.