Fans at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Shelton Highclimbers (Shelton, WA) and the visiting Kingston Buccaneers (Kingston, WA), saw Shelton's basketball squad hold off Kingston by a tally of 54-50.

With the victory, Shelton improves its record to 8-8 on the campaign. The Highclimbers travel to Rochester (Rochester, WA) to confront the Warriors in a 2A Evergreen challenge on Friday, January 27. The Warriors come into the challenge with a record of 2-14.

Next up, the Buccaneers confront the North Kitsap Vikings (Poulsbo, WA) in a 2A Olympic challenge, on Tuesday, January 24. Kingston will attempt to improve on its 3-9 season record. The Vikings come into the challenge with a 12-5 record after their 87-49 league win over Sequim (Sequim, WA).