The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Valley Christian Panthers (Spokane, WA) and the host Columbia Lions (Hunters, WA), observed Valley Christian's basketball team knock off Columbia by a score of 31-21.

The Panthers (2-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Mary Walker (Springdale, WA). The Chargers come into the non-league challenge with a 3-3 record. In their last challenge, Mary Walker was knocked off by Republic (Republic, WA), 55-46, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Lions encounter the Inchelium Hornets (Inchelium, WA) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. Columbia will attempt to improve on its 0-10 season record. The Hornets come into the challenge with a 1-0 record after their 18-11 non-league win over Columbia (Hunters, WA).