The Parkway Northwest Hoyas basketball team (Philadelphia, PA), was nudged 47-43 in Thursday's league battle with the host Jules E. Mastbaum Vo-Tech Panthers (Philadelphia, PA)

The Panthers now sport a 5-2 record. They put it on the line next when they host Girard Academic Music Program for a Philadelphia Public - Colonial battle on Tuesday, January 9. Jules E. Mastbaum Vo-Tech will battle a Pioneers team coming off a 64-32 league win over Elverson Military Academy (Philadelphia, PA). The Pioneers record now stands at 4-4.

The Hoyas (5-1) will now prepare for their battle against KIPP DuBois Collegiate Academy (Philadelphia, PA). The come into the Philadelphia Public - Colonial battle with a 1-5 record. In their last battle, KIPP DuBois Collegiate Academy edged Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush (Philadelphia, PA), 52-44, in a league battle.