The Valley Christian Defenders basketball team (Cerritos, CA), was edged 49-46 in Tuesday's league bout with the visiting Heritage Christian Warriors (Northridge, CA)

The Warriors now possess a 11-10 record. They play next when they host Trinity Classical Academy for a non-league bout on Saturday, January 25. Heritage Christian will play a Knights team coming off a 61-31 league win over Santa Clarita Christian (Canyon Country, CA). The Knights record now stands at 18-3.

With the loss, Valley Christian falls to 9-12 on the campaign. The Defenders travel to Maranatha (Pasadena, CA) to play the Minutemen in a Olympic bout on Friday, January 24. The Minutemen go into the bout with a record of 5-13.