Fans at Saturday's league challenge between the Big Sandy Pioneers (Big Sandy, MT) and the host North Star Knights (Rudyard, MT), saw Big Sandy's basketball squad overcome North Star by a tally of 61-50.

With the victory, Big Sandy improves its record to 7-1 on the campaign. The Pioneers travel to Box Elder (Box Elder, MT) to confront the Bears in a C District 9 challenge on Saturday, January 13. The Bears come into the challenge with a record of 3-5. Box Elder lost 58-37 in their recent league challenge against Chester-Joplin-Inverness (Chester, MT)

Next up, the Knights confront the Box Elder Bears (Box Elder, MT) in a C District 9 challenge, on Saturday, January 20. North Star will attempt to improve on its 2-2 season record.