Fans at Friday's non-league challenge between the Leading Edge Academy - GEC Spartans (Gilbert, AZ) and the host Round Valley Elks (Eagar, AZ), saw Leading Edge Academy - GEC's basketball squad overcome Round Valley by a tally of 35-20.

With the victory, Leading Edge Academy - GEC improves its record to 16-3 on the campaign. The Spartans travel to Gilbert Classical Academy (Gilbert, AZ) to confront the Spartans in a 2A Valley challenge on Tuesday, January 3. The Spartans come into the challenge with a record of 6-3. Gilbert Classical Academy won 42-29 in their recent non-league challenge against Salome (Salome, AZ)

Next up, the Elks confront the Morenci Wildcats (Morenci, AZ) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 3. Round Valley will attempt to improve on its 5-5 season record. The Wildcats come into the challenge with a 7-4 record after their 66-47 non-league win over Fort Thomas (Fort Thomas, AZ).