Fans at Friday's league challenge between the Vail Mountain Gore Rangers (Vail, CO) and the visiting De Beque Dragons (De Beque, CO), saw Vail Mountain's basketball squad knock off De Beque by a tally of 69-61.

With the victory, Vail Mountain improves its record to 2-5 on the campaign. The Gore Rangers travel to Caprock Academy (Grand Junction, CO) to play the Eagles in a 2A/1A Western Slope challenge on Saturday, January 13. The Eagles come into the challenge with a record of 0-7. Caprock Academy lost 70-20 in their recent league challenge against Paonia (Paonia, CO)

Next up, the Dragons play the Hotchkiss Bulldogs (Hotchkiss, CO) in a 2A/1A Western Slope challenge, on Saturday, January 13. De Beque will attempt to improve on its 7-1 season record. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a 6-3 record after their 61-53 league win over Plateau Valley (Collbran, CO).