In Saturday's non-league outing, the Cherokee Indians (Cherokee, TX) basketball squad nipped the visiting Utopia Buffaloes (Utopia, TX), by a margin of 67-64.

The Indians (2-2) will now prepare for their outing against Richland Springs (Richland Springs, TX). The Coyotes go into the 1A Region II District 16 outing with a 0-2 record. In their last outing, Richland Springs was tipped by Gorman (Gorman, TX), 46-41, in a non-league outing.

The Buffaloes now own a 4-5 record. They play next when they host Rocksprings for a 1A Region IV District 31 outing on Monday, December 18. Utopia will clash with a Angoras squad coming off a 53-48 non-league loss to Center Point (Center Point, TX). The Angoras record now stands at 0-1.