The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the West Salem Titans (Salem, OR) and the host South Salem Saxons (Salem, OR), observed West Salem's basketball team edge South Salem by a score of 83-78.

The Titans (8-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Sprague (Salem, OR). The Olympians come into the 6A Central Valley challenge with a 9-4 record. In their last challenge, Sprague edged North Salem (Salem, OR), 79-52, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Saxons encounter the McNary Celtics (Keizer, OR) in a 6A Central Valley challenge, on Friday, January 24. South Salem will attempt to improve on its 8-6 season record. The Celtics come into the challenge with a 10-3 record after their 58-51 non-league win over Liberty (Hillsboro, OR).