The crowd at Saturday's league challenge between the Lyle/Wishram Cougars (Lyle, WA) and the visiting Ione/Arlington Cardinals (Ione, OR), observed Lyle/Wishram's basketball team overcome Ione/Arlington by a score of 49-40.

The Cougars (4-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Mitchell/Spray/Wheeler (Mitchell, OR). The come into the 1A Big Sky challenge with a 5-9 record. In their last challenge, Mitchell/Spray/Wheeler dropped by Klickitat-Glenwood (Klickitat, WA), 68-52, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Cardinals battle the Dufur Rangers (Dufur, OR) in a 1A Big Sky challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Ione/Arlington will attempt to improve on its 4-10 season record. The Rangers come into the challenge with a 12-5 record after their 43-34 league loss to Sherman (Moro, OR).