The Sto-Rox Vikings (McKees Rocks, PA) basketball toppled the host New Brighton Lions (New Brighton, PA), 65-57 in Friday's non-league bout.

The Vikings now possess a 1-4 record. They play next when they travel to Carlynton for a WPIAL 3A 2 outing on Friday, January 3. Sto-Rox will face a Cougars squad coming off a 85-76 non-league loss to Aquinas Academy (Gibsonia, PA). The Cougars record now stands at 3-4.

The Lions (1-5) will now prepare for their outing against Beaver Falls (Beaver Falls, PA). The Tigers enter the WPIAL 3A 1 outing with a 0-9 record. In their last outing, Beaver Falls was dropped by Blackhawk (Beaver Falls, PA), 73-47, in a non-league outing.