Fans at Friday's league challenge between the Fife Trojans (Fife, WA) and the visiting Washington Patriots (Tacoma, WA), saw Fife's basketball squad hold off Washington by a tally of 65-60.

With the victory, Fife improves its record to 2-9 on the campaign. The Trojans travel to Orting (Orting, WA) to confront the Cardinals in a 2A South Puget Sound challenge on Tuesday, January 9. The Cardinals come into the challenge with a record of 4-5. Orting lost 69-53 in their recent league challenge against Foss (Tacoma, WA)

Next up, the Patriots confront the Franklin Pierce Cardinals (Tacoma, WA) in a 2A South Puget Sound challenge, on Monday, January 8. Washington will attempt to improve on its 1-10 season record. The Cardinals come into the challenge with a 6-5 record after their 77-62 league loss to White River (Buckley, WA).