The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Watkins Memorial Warriors (Pataskala, OH) and the host Licking Valley Panthers (Newark, OH), observed Watkins Memorial's basketball team edge Licking Valley by a margin of 45-42.

The Warriors (1-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Utica (Utica, OH). The Redskins come into the Licking County - Cardinal challenge with a 2-2 record. In their last challenge, Utica edged Heath (Heath, OH), 48-39, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Panthers battle the Fairfield Union Falcons (Lancaster, OH) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, December 9. Licking Valley will attempt to better on its 1-3 season record. The Falcons come into the challenge with a 4-0 record after their 50-45 league win over Amanda-Clearcreek (Amanda, OH).