The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Inchelium Hornets (Inchelium, WA) and the visiting Curlew Cougars (Curlew, WA), observed Inchelium's basketball team overcome Curlew by a margin of 33-16.

The Hornets (2-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Republic (Republic, WA). The Tigers come into the non-league challenge with a 2-1 record.

In their next game, the Cougars battle the Pateros Billygoats/Nannies (Pateros, WA) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 17. Curlew will attempt to better on its 5-2 season record. The Billygoats/Nannies come into the challenge with a 3-4 record after their 29-27 non-league loss to Waterville (Waterville, WA).