The Vale Vikings (Vale, OR) basketball crushed the host McLoughlin Pioneers (Milton-Freewater, OR), 59-15 in Friday's league bout.

The Vikings now possess a 18-1 record. They play next when they travel to Pendleton for a non-league bout on Saturday, February 1. Vale will play a Buckaroos team coming off a 40-22 non-league win over McLoughlin (Milton-Freewater, OR). The Buckaroos record now stands at 5-12.

With the loss, McLoughlin falls to 1-16 on the campaign. The Pioneers travel to Riverside (Boardman, OR) to play the Pirates in a 3A Eastern Oregon bout on Tuesday, February 4. The Pirates go into the bout with a record of 6-12. Riverside lost 37-35 in their recent league outing against Nyssa (Nyssa, OR)