The crowd at Wednesday's league challenge between the Faith Lutheran Crusaders (Las Vegas, NV) and the host Palo Verde Panthers (Las Vegas, NV), observed Faith Lutheran's basketball team overwhelm Palo Verde by a score of 67-41.

The Crusaders (12-10) will now prepare for their challenge against Spring Valley (Las Vegas, NV). The Grizzlies come into the 5A Southern challenge with a 12-8 record. In their last challenge, Spring Valley trounced Coronado (Henderson, NV), 47-45, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Panthers encounter the Valley Vikings (Las Vegas, NV) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 30. Palo Verde will attempt to improve on its 6-15 season record. The Vikings come into the challenge with a 9-7 record after their 32-28 league loss to Southeast Career Tech (Las Vegas, NV).