The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Oakland Catholic (Pittsburgh, PA) and the host Valley Vikings (New Kensington, PA), observed Oakland Catholic's basketball team overwhelm Valley by a score of 66-37.

The (15-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Erie (Erie, PA). The Royals come into the non-league challenge with a 8-3 record. In their last challenge, Erie trounced McDowell (Erie, PA), 36-30, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Vikings battle the Burrell Bucs (Lower Burrell, PA) in a WPIAL 4A 1 challenge, on Monday, February 3. Valley will attempt to improve on its 2-12 season record. The Bucs come into the challenge with a 12-8 record after their 31-26 league win over Freeport (Freeport, PA).