The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Poquoson Islanders (Poquoson, VA) and the host New Kent Trojans (New Kent, VA), observed Poquoson's basketball team edge New Kent by a score of 43-37.

The Islanders (7-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Tabb (Yorktown, VA). The Tigers come into the Bay Rivers challenge with a 7-5 record. In their last challenge, Tabb edged Warhill (Williamsburg, VA), 41-40, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Trojans battle the Lafayette Rams (Williamsburg, VA) in a Bay Rivers challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. New Kent will attempt to improve on its 4-8 season record. The Rams come into the challenge with a 6-4 record after their 56-34 league win over Bruton (Williamsburg, VA).