Fans at Friday's league challenge between the Kiona-Benton Bears (Benton City, WA) and the host College Place Hawks (College Place, WA), saw Kiona-Benton's basketball squad overcome College Place by a tally of 62-52.

With the victory, Kiona-Benton improves its record to 5-7 on the campaign. The Bears travel to Tri-Cities Prep (Pasco, WA) to play the Jaguars in a non-league challenge on Tuesday, January 17. The Jaguars come into the challenge with a record of 11-4. Tri-Cities Prep won 58-50 in their recent league challenge against Dayton/Waitsburg (Waitsburg, WA)

Next up, the Hawks play the Royal Knights (Royal City, WA) in a 1A South Central - East challenge, on Tuesday, January 17. College Place will attempt to improve on its 3-11 season record. The Knights come into the challenge with a 5-5 record after their 74-56 non-league loss to Quincy (Quincy, WA).