The Jordan Valley Mustangs basketball team (Jordan Valley, OR), was nudged 52-50 in Saturday's league battle with the host Prairie City Panthers (Prairie City, OR)

The Panthers now possess a 5-9 record. They put it on the line next when they host Huntington for a 1A High Desert battle on Friday, January 12. Prairie City will confront a Locomotives team coming off a 52-50 non-league win over Pine Eagle (Halfway, OR). The Locomotives record now stands at 3-3.

The Mustangs (3-8) will now prepare for their battle against Nixyaawii Community (Pendleton, OR). The Eagles come into the non-league battle with a 8-3 record. In their last battle, Nixyaawii Community edged Adrian (Adrian, OR), 83-54, in a non-league battle.