The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Victory Christian Academy Patriots (Decatur, TX) and the visiting Bethesda Christian Lions (Fort Worth, TX), observed Victory Christian Academy's basketball team overcome Bethesda Christian by a score of 53-33.

The Patriots (22-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Harvest Christian Academy (Keller, TX). The Saints come into the Freelance challenge with a 7-19 record. In their last challenge, Harvest Christian Academy dropped by Nazarene Christian Academy (Crowley, TX), 59-33, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Lions battle the Sacred Heart Tigers (Muenster, TX) in a TAPPS 2A District 2 challenge, on Saturday, February 8. Bethesda Christian will attempt to improve on its 6-20 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 9-13 record after their 30-29 league win over Mercy Culture Prep (Fort Worth, TX).