The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Valley Christian Defenders (Cerritos, CA) and the host Village Christian Crusaders (Sun Valley, CA), observed Valley Christian's basketball team edge Village Christian by a score of 55-53.

The Defenders (5-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Ontario Christian (Ontario, CA). The Knights come into the non-league challenge with a 2-14 record.

In their next game, the Crusaders battle the Arcadia Apaches (Arcadia, CA) in a non-league battle, on Saturday, January 18. Village Christian will attempt to advance on its 9-8 season record. The Apaches enter the battle with a 7-3 record after their 55-45 league loss to Burbank (Burbank, CA).