Fans at Wednesday's non-league challenge between the McConnellsburg Spartans (McConnellsburg, PA) and the visiting Mount Union Trojans (Mount Union, PA), saw McConnellsburg's basketball squad hold off Mount Union by a count of 27-26.

With the victory, McConnellsburg upgrades its record to 9-1 on the campaign. The Spartans host Southern Fulton (Warfordsburg, PA) to play the Indians in a challenge on Saturday, January 20. The Indians come into the challenge with a record of 7-2. Southern Fulton won 44-21 in their recent non-league challenge against Windber (Windber, PA)