Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Valley Torah Wolfpack (Valley Village, CA) and the visiting St. Monica Academy Crusaders (Montrose, CA), saw Valley Torah's basketball squad knock off St. Monica Academy by a count of 72-63.

With the victory, Valley Torah upgrades its record to 12-5 on the campaign. The Wolfpack host Hollywood (Los Angeles, CA) to play the Sheiks in a non-league challenge on Thursday, January 4. The Sheiks come into the challenge with a record of 6-7. Hollywood won 63-37 in their recent non-league challenge against Valley Academy of Arts & Sciences (Granada Hills, CA)

Next up, the Crusaders play the Trinity Classical Academy Knights (Valencia, CA) in a Heritage challenge, on Friday, January 5. St. Monica Academy will attempt to upgrade on its 13-6 season record.