The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Naches Valley Rangers (Naches, WA) and the host Wapato Wolves (Wapato, WA), observed Naches Valley's basketball team overwhelm Wapato by a score of 61-35.

The Rangers (8-4) will now prepare for their challenge against College Place (College Place, WA). The Hawks come into the non-league challenge with a 6-6 record. In their last challenge, College Place trounced Wahluke (Mattawa, WA), 60-23, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Wolves battle the Zillah Leopards (Zillah, WA) in a 1A South Central - West challenge, on Saturday, January 11. Wapato will attempt to improve on its 5-6 season record. The Leopards come into the challenge with a 10-1 record after their 81-44 non-league win over College Place (College Place, WA).