The Valley Central Vikings (Montgomery, NY) basketball toppled the visiting Middletown Middie Bears (Middletown, NY), 58-49 in Monday's non-league bout.

The Vikings now possess a 6-0 record. They play next when they host Warwick for a Section 9 Orange County II bout on Thursday, January 9. Valley Central will play a Wildcats team coming off a 62-44 league win over Monticello (Monticello, NY). The Wildcats record now stands at 7-1.

With the loss, Middletown falls to 2-5 on the campaign. The Middie bears travel to Monroe-Woodbury (Central Valley, NY) to play the Crusaders in a Section 9 Orange County I bout on Thursday, January 9. The Crusaders go into the bout with a record of 2-4. Monroe-Woodbury lost 53-42 in their recent league bout against Kingston (Kingston, NY)