The Valley Catholic Valiants routed the visiting Horizon Christian Hawks basketball team by a final score of 81-49 in Thursday's league game.

In their next game, the Valiants face the Oregon Episcopal Aardvarks (Portland, OR) in a 3A Lewis & Clark game, on Saturday, January 6. Valley Catholic will attempt to move on its 9-3 season record. The Aardvarks enter the game with a 4-5 record after their 51-42 league win over Portland Adventist Academy (Portland, OR).

With the defeat, Horizon Christian moves to 5-7 on the year. The Hawks travel to Oregon Episcopal (Portland, OR) to face the Aardvarks in a 3A Lewis & Clark game on Tuesday, January 9. The Aardvarks enter the game with a record of 4-6. Oregon Episcopal lost 79-54 in their recent league game against Valley Catholic (Beaverton, OR)