Fans at Friday's non-league challenge between the Valley Christian Trojans (Chandler, AZ) and the visiting American Leadership Academy - Ironwood Warriors (Ironwood, AZ), saw Valley Christian's basketball squad hold off American Leadership Academy - Ironwood by a tally of 61-57.

With the victory, Valley Christian improves its record to 28-2 on the campaign. The Trojans travel to Gilbert Christian (Gilbert, AZ) to confront the Knights in a non-league challenge on Saturday, February 24. The Knights come into the challenge with a record of 23-5. Gilbert Christian won 61-53 in their recent non-league challenge against Yuma Catholic (Yuma, AZ)