The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Veritas Christian Academy Eagles (O'Fallon, MO) and the host STEAM Academy at McCluer South Berkeley Bulldogs (Ferguson, MO), observed Veritas Christian Academy's basketball team edge STEAM Academy at McCluer South Berkeley by a score of 47-45.

The Eagles (1-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Valmeyer (Valmeyer, IL). The Pirates come into the non-league challenge with a 0-0 record.

In their next game, the Bulldogs encounter the Soldan International Studies Tigers (St. Louis, MO) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, December 8. STEAM Academy at McCluer South Berkeley will attempt to improve on its 0-2 season record.