The Blaine Borderites (Blaine, WA) basketball nipped the visiting Mt. Baker Mountaineers (Deming, WA), 51-45 in Monday's non-league test.

The Borderites (5-7) will now prepare for their test against Burlington-Edison (Burlington, WA). The Tigers go into the non-league test with a 7-5 record. In their last test, Burlington-Edison got by Lakewood (Arlington, WA), 58-50, in a non-league test.

The Mountaineers now own a 4-11 record. They play next when they host Nooksack Valley for a non-league test on Thursday, January 18. Mt. Baker will encounter a Pioneers squad coming off a 52-25 non-league win over Meridian (Bellingham, WA). The Pioneers record now stands at 8-4.