The crowd at Wednesday's league challenge between the Bear River Bruins (Grass Valley, CA) and the host Marysville Indians (Marysville, CA), observed Bear River's basketball team edge Marysville by a score of 44-41.

The Bruins (12-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Center (Antelope, CA). The Cougars come into the challenge with a 0-10 record. In their last challenge, Center was tipped by Wheatland (Wheatland, CA), 60-39, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Indians encounter the Oakmont Vikings (Roseville, CA) in a challenge, on Thursday, January 30. Marysville will attempt to improve on its 9-7 season record. The Vikings come into the challenge with a 4-18 record after their 46-40 league loss to Lincoln (Lincoln, CA).