Fans at Tuesday's league challenge between the Gate City Blue Devils (Gate City, VA) and the visiting Union Bears (Appalachia, VA), saw Gate City's basketball squad hold off Union by a tally of 52-50.

With the victory, Gate City improves its record to 7-5 on the campaign. The Blue Devils travel to Abingdon (Abingdon, VA) to encounter the Falcons in a Mountain outing on Friday, January 20. The Falcons go into the outing with a record of 11-5. Abingdon won 72-55 in their recent league outing against Ridgeview (Clintwood, VA)

The Bears now own a 3-7 record. They play next when they host John Battle for a Mountain outing on Tuesday, January 31.