The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Strawberry Mansion Knights (Philadelphia, PA) and the host Freire Charter Dragon (Philadelphia, PA), observed Strawberry Mansion's basketball team edge Freire Charter by a score of 45-43.

The Knights (8-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Science Leadership Academy at Beeber (Philadelphia, PA). The Rockets come into the non-league challenge with a 7-11 record. In their last challenge, Science Leadership Academy at Beeber edged Olney (Philadelphia, PA), 56-54, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Dragon encounter the Sun Valley Vanguards (Aston, PA) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 18. Freire Charter will attempt to improve on its 7-8 season record. The Vanguards come into the challenge with a 12-3 record after their 39-32 league win over Unionville (Kennett Square, PA).