Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Elk City Elks (Elk City, OK) and the host Christian Heritage Crusaders (Del City, OK), saw Elk City's basketball squad hold off Christian Heritage by a tally of 56-50.

With the victory, Elk City improves its record to 2-7 on the campaign. The Elks host Hinton (Hinton, OK) to confront the Comets in a non-league challenge on Saturday, January 6. The Comets come into the challenge with a record of 3-4. Hinton lost 79-36 in their recent non-league challenge against Community Christian (Norman, OK)

Next up, the Crusaders confront the Clinton Red Tornadoes (Clinton, OK) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 5. Christian Heritage will attempt to improve on its 5-3 season record. The Red Tornadoes come into the challenge with a 0-8 record after their 79-27 non-league loss to Riverside Indian (Anadarko, OK).