Fans at Friday's league challenge between the Clayton Yellowjackets (Clayton, NM) and the host Santa Rosa Lions (Santa Rosa, NM), saw Clayton's basketball squad hold off Santa Rosa by a count of 81-75.

With the victory, Clayton upgrades its record to 13-10 on the campaign. The Yellowjackets travel to Pecos (Pecos, NM) to play the Panthers in a 2A District 6 challenge on Saturday, February 18. The Panthers come into the challenge with a record of 22-3. Pecos won 94-80 in their recent league challenge against Texico (Texico, NM)