Fans at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Licking Valley Panthers (Newark, OH) and the visiting River View Black Bears (Warsaw, OH), saw Licking Valley's basketball squad wallop River View by a tally of 52-26.

With the victory, Licking Valley improves its record to 2-1 on the campaign. The Panthers host Northridge (Johnstown, OH) to confront the Vikings in a challenge on Tuesday, January 17. The Vikings come into the challenge with a record of 0-1. Northridge lost 42-25 in their recent league challenge against Zanesville (Zanesville, OH)