The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Little Snake River Rattlers (Baggs, WY) and the host Saratoga Panthers (Saratoga, WY), observed Little Snake River's basketball team edge Saratoga by a margin of 50-47.

The Rattlers (6-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Farson-Eden (Farson, WY). The Pronghorns come into the 1A Southwest challenge with a 2-5 record. In their last challenge, Farson-Eden was tipped by Rich (Randolph, UT), 61-50, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Panthers battle the Fort Washakie Eagles (Fort Washakie, WY) in a 1A Southwest challenge, on Friday, January 17. Saratoga will attempt to better on its 6-3 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 1-3 record after their 69-20 league loss to Encampment (Encampment, WY).