In Thursday's non-league outing, the Belle Vernon Leopards (Belle Vernon, PA) basketball squad beat the visiting California Trojans (Coal Center, PA), by a count of 56-43.

The Leopards (1-1) will now prepare for their outing against Charleroi (Charleroi, PA). The Cougars go into the non-league outing with a 3-0 record. In their last outing, Charleroi defeated South Allegheny (McKeesport, PA), 55-46, in a non-league outing.

The Trojans now hold a 0-1 record. They play next when they host Chartiers-Houston for a WPIAL 2A 4 outing on Thursday, December 14. California will clash with a Buccaneers squad coming off a 44-35 non-league win over Burgettstown (Burgettstown, PA). The Buccaneers record now stands at 2-1.