The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Moses Lake Christian Academy/Covenant Christian Lions (Moses Lake, WA) and the visiting Manson Trojans (Manson, WA), observed Moses Lake Christian Academy/Covenant Christian's basketball team knock off Manson by a score of 61-52.

The Lions (7-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Soap Lake (Soap Lake, WA). The Eagles come into the 1B Central Washington challenge with a 1-5 record. In their last challenge, Soap Lake was knocked off by Republic (Republic, WA), 65-38, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Trojans encounter the Tonasket Tigers (Tonasket, WA) in a 2B Central Washington challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. Manson will attempt to improve on its 4-7 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 8-5 record after their 59-56 non-league loss to Mabton (Mabton, WA).