Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Upper Columbia Academy Lions (Spangle, WA) and the visiting Chewelah Cougars (Chewelah, WA), saw Upper Columbia Academy's basketball squad hold off Chewelah by a tally of 55-53.

With the victory, Upper Columbia Academy improves its record to 3-6 on the campaign. The Lions travel to St. George's (Spokane, WA) to play the Dragons in a 2B Bi-County challenge on Tuesday, January 17. The Dragons come into the challenge with a record of 10-3. St. George's won 71-56 in their recent league challenge against Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna (Ritzville, WA)

Next up, the Cougars play the Asotin Panthers (Asotin, WA) in a 2B Bi-County challenge, on Saturday, January 14. Chewelah will attempt to improve on its 0-13 season record. The Panthers come into the challenge with a 4-8 record after their 71-35 league loss to Northwest Christian School (Colbert, WA).