The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Montesano Bulldogs (Montesano, WA) and the host Aberdeen Bobcats (Aberdeen, WA), observed Montesano's basketball team edge Aberdeen by a score of 51-50.

The Bulldogs (7-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Hoquiam (Hoquiam, WA). The Grizzlies come into the 1A Evergreen challenge with a 6-5 record. In their last challenge, Hoquiam was tipped by Toutle Lake (Toutle, WA), 67-19, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Bobcats encounter the Centralia Tigers (Centralia, WA) in a 2A Evergreen challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. Aberdeen will attempt to improve on its 2-5 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 4-4 record after their 51-40 non-league win over Steilacoom (Steilacoom, WA).