In Thursday's league outing, the Freedom Patriots (Bethlehem, PA) basketball squad edged the visiting William Allen Canaries (Allentown, PA), by a margin of 62-57.

The Patriots (5-3) will now prepare for their outing against Pine Grove (Pine Grove, PA). The Cardinals go into the non-league outing with a 2-7 record. In their last outing, Pine Grove held off Minersville (Minersville, PA), 50-35, in a non-league outing.

The Canaries now own a 4-4 record. They play next when they host Liberty for a non-league outing on Tuesday, December 27. William Allen will clash with a Hurricanes squad coming off a 72-42 non-league win over Pleasant Valley (Brodheadsville, PA). The Hurricanes record now stands at 5-2.