The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Albuquerque Academy Chargers (Albuquerque, NM) and the host Belen Eagles (Belen, NM), observed Albuquerque Academy's basketball team knock off Belen by a score of 49-35.

The Chargers (5-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Gallup (Gallup, NM). The Bengals come into the non-league challenge with a 4-4 record.

In their next game, the Eagles encounter the Valencia Jaguars (Los Lunas, NM) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, December 26. Belen will attempt to improve on its 4-5 season record. The Jaguars come into the challenge with a 5-5 record after their 61-50 non-league loss to Espanola Valley (Espanola, NM).