The Council Lumberjacks basketball squad (Council, ID), was nudged 50-46 in Saturday's non-league battle with the visiting Liberty Charter Patriots (Nampa, ID)

With the victory, Liberty Charter advances its record to 2-4 on the year. The Patriots travel to North Star (Eagle, ID) to meet the Huskies in a 2A Western Idaho battle on Tuesday, January 7. The Huskies enter the battle with a record of 5-3. North Star lost 43-41 in their recent non-league battle against Compass Charter (Meridian, ID)

The Lumberjacks now own a 5-4 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Tri-Valley for a 1A Long Pin battle on Saturday, January 11.