The Nooksack Valley Pioneers (Everson, WA) basketball crushed the host Mt. Baker Mountaineers (Deming, WA), 65-25 in Saturday's non-league test.

The Pioneers (9-4) will now prepare for their test against Burlington-Edison (Burlington, WA). The Tigers go into the non-league test with a 7-5 record. In their last test, Burlington-Edison walloped Lakewood (Arlington, WA), 58-50, in a non-league test.

The Mountaineers now own a 4-12 record. They play next when they travel to Sedro-Woolley for a non-league test on Tuesday, January 23. Mt. Baker will encounter a Cubs squad coming off a 58-51 non-league win over Meridian (Bellingham, WA). The Cubs record now stands at 5-10.