Fans at Friday's league challenge between the Garden Spot Spartans (New Holland, PA) and the host Ephrata Mountaineers (Ephrata, PA), saw Garden Spot's basketball squad hold off Ephrata by a tally of 35-34.

With the victory, Garden Spot improves its record to 1-1 on the campaign.

Next up, the Mountaineers confront the Eastern Lebanon County Raiders (Myerstown, PA) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 23. Ephrata will attempt to improve on its 5-6 season record. The Raiders come into the challenge with a 0-1 record after their 41-12 non-league loss to Ephrata (Ephrata, PA).