The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Northport Mustangs (Northport, WA) and the visiting Curlew Cougars (Curlew, WA), observed Northport's basketball team edge Curlew by a score of 12-10.

The Mustangs (3-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Republic (Republic, WA). The Tigers come into the non-league challenge with a 8-4 record.

In their next game, the Cougars battle the Inchelium Hornets (Inchelium, WA) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 25. Curlew will attempt to improve on its 4-13 season record. The Hornets come into the challenge with a 3-1 record after their 28-14 non-league loss to Cusick (Cusick, WA).