Fans at Friday's non-league challenge between the La Salle Lightning (Union Gap, WA) and the visiting Naches Valley Rangers (Naches, WA), saw La Salle's basketball squad hold off Naches Valley by a tally of 56-51.

With the victory, La Salle improves its record to 5-9 on the campaign. The Lightning travel to Bear Creek (Redmond, WA) to play the Grizzlies in a non-league challenge on Monday, January 15. The Grizzlies come into the challenge with a record of 6-2. Bear Creek lost 56-53 in their recent non-league challenge against King's (Seattle, WA)

Next up, the Rangers play the Zillah Leopards (Zillah, WA) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 16. Naches Valley will attempt to improve on its 7-6 season record. The Leopards come into the challenge with a 9-2 record after their 44-22 non-league loss to Toppenish (Toppenish, WA).