In Thursday's non-league outing, the Olympia Bears (Olympia, WA) basketball squad edged the visiting Emerald Ridge Jaguars (South Hill, WA), by a count of 43-40.

The Bears (6-4) will now prepare for their outing against Curtis (University Place, WA). The Vikings go into the non-league outing with a 1-10 record. In their last outing, Curtis was tipped by Sumner (Sumner, WA), 64-47, in a non-league outing.

The Jaguars now hold a 9-2 record. They play next when they host Rogers for a non-league outing on Saturday, January 6. Emerald Ridge will clash with a Rams squad coming off a 75-64 non-league win over Bethel (Spanaway, WA). The Rams record now stands at 5-8.