Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Chartiers-Houston Buccaneers (Houston, PA) and the host Carlynton Cougars (Carnegie, PA), saw Chartiers-Houston's basketball squad overcome Carlynton by a tally of 44-28.

With the victory, Chartiers-Houston improves its record to 7-2 on the campaign. The Buccaneers travel to Quaker Valley (Leetsdale, PA) to confront the Quakers in a non-league challenge on Wednesday, December 28. The Quakers come into the challenge with a record of 4-4. Quaker Valley won 52-38 in their recent non-league challenge against Avonworth (Pittsburgh, PA)

Next up, the Cougars confront the Fort Cherry Rangers (McDonald, PA) in a WPIAL 2A 2 challenge, on Monday, January 2. Carlynton will attempt to improve on its 3-4 season record. The Rangers come into the challenge with a 2-3 record after their 57-30 non-league win over Mapletown (Greensboro, PA).