In Thursday's league outing, the Rye Neck Panthers (Mamaroneck, NY) basketball squad nipped the host Valhalla Vikings (Valhalla, NY), by a margin of 42-41.

The Panthers (6-3) will now prepare for their outing against Briarcliff (Briarcliff Manor, NY). The Bears go into the Section 1 Conference 3A outing with a 2-4 record. In their last outing, Briarcliff got by Blind Brook (Rye Brook, NY), 71-70, in a league outing.

The Vikings now own a 3-5 record. They play next when they host Yonkers Montessori Academy for a non-league outing on Saturday, January 6. Valhalla will encounter a Eagles squad coming off a 55-49 league loss to Barack Obama School for Social Justice (Yonkers, NY). The Eagles record now stands at 2-3.