The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Vista Grande Spartans (Casa Grande, AZ) and the visiting Nogales Apaches (Nogales, AZ), observed Vista Grande's basketball team knock off Nogales by a score of 66-57.

The Spartans (6-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Sunnyside (Tucson, AZ). The Blue Devils come into the non-league challenge with a 3-4 record.

In their next game, the Apaches encounter the Catalina Foothills Falcons (Tucson, AZ) in a non-league challenge, on Wednesday, January 8. Nogales will attempt to improve on its 5-7 season record. The Falcons come into the challenge with a 5-3 record after their 73-69 non-league loss to Sahuaro (Tucson, AZ).