The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Kent-Meridian Royals (Kent, WA) and the visiting Seattle Academy Cardinals (Seattle, WA), observed Kent-Meridian's basketball team edge Seattle Academy by a score of 39-34.

The Royals (4-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Decatur (Federal Way, WA). The Golden Gators come into the 3A/4A North Puget Sound challenge with a 5-8 record. In their last challenge, Decatur was tipped by Enumclaw (Enumclaw, WA), 67-60, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Cardinals encounter the Chief Sealth Seahawks (Seattle, WA) in a 3A Metro challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Seattle Academy will attempt to improve on its 6-9 season record. The Seahawks come into the challenge with a 4-10 record after their 75-62 league loss to Bishop Blanchet (Seattle, WA).