The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Shalhevet Firehawks (Los Angeles, CA) and the visiting Yeshiva University of Los Angeles (YULA) Panthers (Los Angeles, CA), observed Shalhevet's basketball team edge Yeshiva University of Los Angeles (YULA) by a score of 42-38.

The Firehawks (7-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Village Christian (Sun Valley, CA). The Crusaders come into the non-league challenge with a 11-6 record. In their last challenge, Village Christian edged Whittier Christian (La Habra, CA), 52-27, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Panthers encounter the International School of Los Angeles Lions (Los Angeles, CA) in a Independence challenge, on Monday, January 6. Yeshiva University of Los Angeles (YULA) will attempt to improve on its 9-8 season record. The Lions come into the challenge with a 1-2 record after their 50-21 league loss to Holy Martyrs Armenian (Encino, CA).