The Bear River Bruins basketball team (Grass Valley, CA), was nudged 61-54 in Tuesday's league battle with the host Lincoln Fighting Zebras (Lincoln, CA)

The Fighting Zebras (19-4) will now prepare for their outing against Placer (Auburn, CA). The Hillmen go into the Pioneer Valley outing with a 15-9 record. In their last outing, Placer nipped Whitney (Rocklin, CA), 79-67, in a league outing.

The Bruins now hold a 11-11 record. They take the field next when they host Mesa Verde for a Pioneer Valley outing on Thursday, February 11. Bear River will encounter a Mavericks squad coming off a 63-41 league loss to Colfax (Colfax, CA). The Mavericks record now stands at 9-16.