In Monday's league outing, the Valley Lutheran Chargers (Saginaw, MI) basketball squad nipped the visiting St. Louis Sharks (St. Louis, MI), by a margin of 40-34.

The Chargers (5-6) will now prepare for their outing against Bullock Creek (Midland, MI). The Lancers go into the non-league outing with a 5-7 record. In their last outing, Bullock Creek was tipped by Hemlock (Hemlock, MI), 56-23, in a league outing.

The Sharks now own a 11-3 record. They play next when they host Michigan Lutheran Seminary for a Tri-Valley - West II outing on Friday, February 2. St. Louis will encounter a Cardinals squad coming off a 35-31 non-league loss to Standish-Sterling (Standish, MI). The Cardinals record now stands at 9-3.