The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Western Reserve Blue Devils (Berlin Center, OH) and the host Lowellville Rockets (Lowellville, OH), observed Western Reserve's basketball team edge Lowellville by a margin of 55-50.

With the victory, Western Reserve advances its record to 3-1 on the year. The Blue Devils travel to McKinley (Sebring, OH) to face the Trojans in a Mahoning Valley - Scarlet match on Tuesday, December 16. The Trojans enter the match with a record of 0-5. McKinley lost 53-21 in their recent non-league match against Chalker (Southington, OH)

The Rockets now own a 1-3 record. They put it on the line next when they host Academy for Urban Scholars for a non-league match on Tuesday, December 16. Lowellville will face a Hawks squad coming off a 42-38 non-league win over McKinley (Sebring, OH). The Hawks record now stands at 1-5.