The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the South Salem Saxons (Salem, OR) and the visiting Sprague Olympians (Salem, OR), observed South Salem's basketball team overcome Sprague by a score of 87-76.

The Saxons (7-5) will now prepare for their challenge against North Salem (Salem, OR). The Vikings come into the 6A Central Valley challenge with a 6-5 record. In their last challenge, North Salem dropped by McNary (Keizer, OR), 71-46, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Olympians battle the Lake Oswego Lakers (Lake Oswego, OR) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 17. Sprague will attempt to improve on its 7-4 season record. The Lakers come into the challenge with a 7-4 record after their 69-55 non-league win over Ridgeview (Redmond, OR).