Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Vail Mountain Gore Rangers (Vail, CO) and the visiting Battle Mountain Huskies (Edwards, CO), saw Vail Mountain's basketball squad wallop Battle Mountain by a tally of 59-36.

With the victory, Vail Mountain improves its record to 1-0 on the campaign. The Gore Rangers host Aspen (Aspen, CO) to play the Skiers in a non-league challenge on Tuesday, January 24. The Skiers come into the challenge with a record of 3-1.

Next up, the Huskies play the Fruita Monument Wildcats (Fruita, CO) in a challenge, on Saturday, January 21. Battle Mountain will attempt to improve on its 2-7 season record. The Wildcats come into the challenge with a 0-1 record after their 60-48 non-league loss to Chatfield (Littleton, CO).