The Bethlehem Catholic Hawks basketball team (Bethlehem, PA), was nudged 51-49 in Friday's league battle with the host Nazareth Area Blue Eagles (Nazareth, PA)

The Blue Eagles now possess a 2-2 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to William Allen for a Lehigh Valley battle on Tuesday, December 19. Nazareth Area will confront a Canaries team coming off a 56-52 non-league loss to Pocono Mountain East (Swiftwater, PA). The Canaries record now stands at 1-4.

The Hawks (1-5) will now prepare for their outing against Whitehall (Whitehall, PA). The Zephyrs go into the Lehigh Valley outing with a 4-2 record. In their last outing, Whitehall got by Stroudsburg (Stroudsburg, PA), 52-37, in a non-league outing.