The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Santa Rosa Lions (Santa Rosa, NM) and the visiting Clayton Yellowjackets (Clayton, NM), saw Santa Rosa's basketball team beat Clayton by a tally of 75-56.

The Lions now possess a 14-3 record. They play next when they travel to Tucumcari for a 2A District 6 bout on Saturday, January 25. Santa Rosa will play a Rattlers team coming off a 63-54 league loss to Pecos (Pecos, NM). The Rattlers record now stands at 5-10.

With the loss, Clayton falls to 9-7 on the campaign. The Yellowjackets host Estancia (Estancia, NM) to play the Bears in a 2A District 6 bout on Saturday, January 25. The Bears go into the bout with a record of 5-12. Estancia lost 74-42 in their recent league bout against Raton (Raton, NM)