The West Springfield Spartans basketball squad (Springfield, VA), was nudged 31-29 in Thursday's non-league battle with the visiting West Potomac Wolverines (Alexandria, VA)

With the victory, West Potomac advances its record to 2-1 on the year. The Wolverines travel to South County (Lorton, VA) to meet the Stallions in a non-league battle on Friday, January 3. The Stallions enter the battle with a record of 0-1.

The Spartans now own a 1-1 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Fairfax for a non-league battle on Friday, January 3. West Springfield will meet a Lions squad coming off a 55-2 non-league loss to Alexandria City (Alexandria, VA). The Lions record now stands at 1-2.