In Friday's non-league challenge, the host Spring Grove Rockets basketball squad scored a close 54-53 victory over the Eastern Lebanon County Raiders.

With the victory, Spring Grove improves its record to 4-3 on the campaign. The Rockets travel to Eastern York (Wrightsville, PA) to confront the Golden Knights in a non-league challenge on Saturday, December 30. The Golden Knights come into the challenge with a record of 7-2. Eastern York won 55-53 in their recent non-league challenge against Conestoga Valley (Lancaster, PA)

Next up, the Raiders confront the Lancaster Catholic Crusaders (Lancaster, PA) in a Lancaster-Lebanon 4 challenge, on Thursday, January 4. Eastern Lebanon County will attempt to improve on its 4-4 season record.