The crowd at Monday's league challenge between the Mid Valley Spartans (Throop, PA) and the visiting Western Wayne Wildcats (Lake Ariel, PA), observed Mid Valley's basketball team edge Western Wayne by a score of 40-35.

The Spartans (5-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Lakeland (Jermyn, PA). The Chiefs come into the Lackawanna 3 challenge with a 1-5 record.

In their next game, the Wildcats encounter the Honesdale Hornets (Honesdale, PA) in a Lackawanna 3 challenge, on Thursday, December 26. Western Wayne will attempt to improve on its 2-3 season record.