The Gold Beach Panthers (Gold Beach, OR) basketball edged the host Riddle Irish (Riddle, OR), 36-34 in Saturday's non-league bout.

The Panthers now possess a 2-5 record. They play next when they travel to Powers for a non-league bout on Monday, January 6. Gold Beach will play a Cruisers team coming off a 49-31 non-league loss to Monroe (Monroe, OR). The Cruisers record now stands at 5-7.

With the loss, Riddle falls to 2-6 on the campaign. The Irish travel to Rogue River (Rogue River, OR) to play the Chieftains in a non-league bout on Tuesday, January 7. The Chieftains go into the bout with a record of 1-8. Rogue River won 38-35 in their recent non-league bout against La Pine (La Pine, OR)