Fans at Tuesday's league challenge between the Royal Knights (Royal City, WA) and the visiting Kiona-Benton Bears (Benton City, WA), saw Royal's basketball squad wallop Kiona-Benton by a tally of 45-20.

With the victory, Royal improves its record to 4-5 on the campaign. The Knights host Zillah (Zillah, WA) to play the Leopards in a non-league challenge on Friday, January 5. The Leopards come into the challenge with a record of 5-3. Zillah won 54-21 in their recent non-league challenge against Kittitas (Kittitas, WA)

Next up, the Bears play the Connell Eagles (Connell, WA) in a 1A South Central - East challenge, on Friday, January 5. Kiona-Benton will attempt to improve on its 5-4 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 4-6 record after their 65-33 league loss to College Place (College Place, WA).