Fans at Friday's non-league challenge between the Laurel Highlands Mustangs (Uniontown, PA) and the visiting West Philadelphia Speedboys (Philadelphia, PA), saw Laurel Highlands's basketball squad hold off West Philadelphia by a tally of 43-42.

With the victory, Laurel Highlands improves its record to 7-1 on the campaign. The Mustangs host Elizabeth Forward (Elizabeth, PA) to confront the Warriors in a WPIAL 4A 3 challenge on Tuesday, January 3. The Warriors come into the challenge with a record of 3-7. Elizabeth Forward lost 66-43 in their recent non-league challenge against South Allegheny (McKeesport, PA)

Next up, the Speedboys confront the Math Civics & Sciences Mighty Elephants (Philadelphia, PA) in a Philadelphia Public - A challenge, on Thursday, January 5. West Philadelphia will attempt to improve on its 4-9 season record.