The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the O'Dea Fighting Irish (Seattle, WA) and the visiting Poly Bears (Riverside, CA), witnessed O'Dea's basketball squad hold off Poly by a count of 64-63.

With the victory, O'Dea advances its record to 6-3 on the year. The Fighting Irish travel to De La Salle (Concord, CA) to meet the Spartans in a non-league battle on Tuesday, December 30. The Spartans enter the battle with a record of 9-3. De La Salle lost 67-64 in their recent non-league battle against St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy (Downey, CA)

The Bears now own a 6-9 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to St. Ignatius for a non-league battle on Tuesday, December 30. Poly will battle a Wildcats team coming off a 86-78 non-league loss to Francis Parker (San Diego, CA). The Wildcats record now stands at 5-2.