Fans at Saturday's non-league challenge between the New York School for the Deaf Golden Tornadoes (White Plains, NY) and the host Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf Lions (Pittsburgh, PA), saw New York School for the Deaf's basketball squad hold off Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf by a tally of 31-29.

With the victory, New York School for the Deaf improves its record to 3-2 on the campaign. The Golden Tornadoes travel to Kentucky School for the Deaf (Danville, KY) to confront the Colonels in a non-league challenge on Saturday, December 10. The Colonels come into the challenge with a record of 0-1. Kentucky School for the Deaf lost 43-20 in their recent non-league challenge against Burgin (Burgin, KY)