The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Covington Lions (Covington, LA) and the host St. Michael Warriors (Baton Rouge, LA), observed Covington's basketball team edge St. Michael by a score of 71-70.

The Lions (12-2) will now prepare for their challenge against University Lab (Baton Rouge, LA). The Cubs come into the non-league challenge with a 5-5 record. In their last challenge, University Lab edged St. Michael (Baton Rouge, LA), 44-35, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Warriors encounter the Live Oak Eagles (Watson, LA) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, December 28. St. Michael will attempt to improve on its 9-4 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 5-4 record after their 62-59 non-league loss to Walker (Walker, LA).