Fans at Friday's non-league challenge between the Arizona Lutheran Academy Coyotes (Phoenix, AZ) and the visiting Northwest Christian Crusaders (Phoenix, AZ), saw Arizona Lutheran Academy's basketball squad overcome Northwest Christian by a tally of 59-46.

With the victory, Arizona Lutheran Academy improves its record to 7-5 on the campaign. The Coyotes travel to Heritage Academy (Laveen, AZ) to confront the Heroes in a 2A West challenge on Wednesday, January 4. The Heroes come into the challenge with a record of 5-5. Heritage Academy won 59-45 in their recent non-league challenge against Odyssey Institute (Buckeye, AZ)

Next up, the Crusaders confront the American Leadership Academy - Ironwood Warriors (Ironwood, AZ) in a non-league challenge, on Wednesday, January 4. Northwest Christian will attempt to improve on its 2-7 season record. The Warriors come into the challenge with a 9-4 record after their 64-53 non-league loss to Sahuaro (Tucson, AZ).