Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Bend Lava Bears (Bend, OR) and the visiting Caldera (Bend, OR), saw Bend's basketball squad overcome Caldera by a tally of 46-34.

With the victory, Bend improves its record to 2-7 on the campaign. The Lava Bears host Mountain View (Bend, OR) to confront the Cougars in a 5A Intermountain challenge on Monday, January 9. The Cougars come into the challenge with a record of 6-3. Mountain View won 64-36 in their recent league challenge against Redmond (Redmond, OR)