Fans at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Minersville Battlin' Miners (Minersville, PA) and the visiting Mount Carmel RED TORNADOES (Mount Carmel, PA), saw Minersville's basketball squad hold off Mount Carmel by a tally of 59-53.

With the victory, Minersville improves its record to 2-1 on the campaign. The Battlin' Miners travel to Tri-Valley (Hegins, PA) to confront the Bulldogs in a Schuylkill County 2 challenge on Thursday, December 7. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a record of 2-0. Tri-Valley won 55-27 in their recent non-league test against Northern Lebanon (Fredericksburg, PA)

The RED TORNADOES now own a 1-1 record. They play next when they travel to Shamokin Area for a non-league test on Saturday, December 9. Mount Carmel will encounter a Indians squad coming off a 62-52 non-league loss to Trinity (Camp Hill, PA). The Indians record now stands at 0-1.