Portland Christian Royals (Portland, OR) backers were pleased Wednesday as they saw their basketball squad hold off the visiting Mannahouse Christian Academy (Eugene, OR), 42-37 in a non-league bout.

With the victory, Portland Christian upgrades its record to 3-5 on the campaign. The Royals travel to Vernonia (Vernonia, OR) to play the Loggers in a 2A Northwest bout on Friday, January 6. The Loggers come into the bout with a record of 2-8. Vernonia lost 30-28 in their recent league bout against Knappa (Astoria, OR)