The crowd at Wednesday's league challenge between the Gervais Cougars (Gervais, OR) and the host Chemawa Indian Braves (Salem, OR), observed Gervais's basketball team overcome Chemawa Indian by a margin of 58-40.

The Cougars (3-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Blanchet Catholic (Salem, OR). The Cavaliers come into the non-league challenge with a 5-8 record.

In their next game, the Braves battle the Salem Academy Crusaders (Salem, OR) in a 2A Tri-River challenge, on Friday, January 17. Chemawa Indian will attempt to better on its 0-8 season record. The Crusaders come into the challenge with a 9-3 record after their 80-49 league win over Delphian (Sheridan, OR).