The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Kiona-Benton Bears (Benton City, WA) and the host Connell Eagles (Connell, WA), observed Kiona-Benton's basketball team knock off Connell by a score of 51-34.

The Bears (5-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Royal (Royal City, WA). The Knights come into the 1A South Central - East challenge with a 5-5 record. In their last challenge, Royal dropped by Naches Valley (Naches, WA), 71-54, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Eagles battle the Wapato Wolves (Wapato, WA) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 14. Connell will attempt to improve on its 4-7 season record. The Wolves come into the challenge with a 5-6 record after their 88-68 league loss to Zillah (Zillah, WA).