The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Silver Fighting Colts (Silver City, NM) and the host Varsity Opponent (, ), observed Silver's basketball team edge Varsity Opponent by a score of 58-53.

The Fighting Colts (10-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Lordsburg (Lordsburg, NM). The Mavericks come into the non-league challenge with a 4-9 record. In their last challenge, Lordsburg edged Hatch Valley (Hatch, NM), 60-37, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the battle the Brighton Bengals (Baton Rouge, LA) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 10. Varsity Opponent will attempt to improve on its 260-960 season record. The Bengals come into the challenge with a 10-4 record after their 61-26 non-league win over Immanuel Christian (Morgan City, LA).