The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Mount Hope Christian Academy Warriors (Mount Hope, WV) and the visiting Maranatha Christian Academy Knights (Princeton, WV), observed Mount Hope Christian Academy's basketball team overwhelm Maranatha Christian Academy by a margin of 65-33.

The Warriors (11-11) will now prepare for their challenge against Cross Lanes Christian (Charleston, WV). The Warriors come into the West Virginia Christian - AA challenge with a 2-6 record. In their last challenge, Cross Lanes Christian was trounced by Calvary Baptist Academy (Hurricane, WV), 72-16, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Knights battle the Beth Haven Christian Hornets (Omar, WV) in a West Virginia Christian - A challenge, on Saturday, January 25. Maranatha Christian Academy will attempt to better on its 3-11 season record. The Hornets come into the challenge with a 5-5 record after their 61-46 non-league loss to Ignite Athletics (Hurricane, WV).