The Monroe-Woodbury Crusaders basketball team (Central Valley, NY), was nudged 35-34 in Thursday's non-league battle with the visiting Valley Central Vikings (Montgomery, NY)

The Vikings now possess a 6-7 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Newburgh Free Academy for a non-league battle on Saturday, February 11. Valley Central will battle a Goldbacks team coming off a 39-31 non-league win over Washingtonville (Washingtonville, NY). The Goldbacks record now stands at 6-5.

The Crusaders (7-3) will now prepare for their battle against Kingston (Kingston, NY). The Tigers come into the non-league battle with a 2-9 record. In their last battle, Kingston was nudged by Pine Bush (Pine Bush, NY), 42-36, in a non-league battle.