Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Blue Ridge Christian Bears (Bridgewater, VA) and the host Roanoke Valley Christian EAGLES (Roanoke, VA), saw Blue Ridge Christian's basketball squad hold off Roanoke Valley Christian by a tally of 44-40.

With the victory, Blue Ridge Christian improves its record to 2-1 on the campaign. The Bears host United Christian Academy (Stanardsville, VA) to confront the Crusaders in a Virginia Christian challenge on Friday, December 16. The Crusaders come into the challenge with a record of 0-3. United Christian Academy lost 34-20 in their recent league challenge against Regents (Charlottesville, VA)

Next up, the EAGLES confront the Jefferson Christian Academy Cardinals (Ripplemead, VA) in a Freelance challenge, on Tuesday, January 3. Roanoke Valley Christian will attempt to improve on its 3-2 season record.