The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Gold Beach Panthers (Gold Beach, OR) and the host Powers Cruisers (Powers, OR), observed Gold Beach's basketball team edge Powers by a score of 56-49.

The Panthers (5-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Elkton (Elkton, OR). The Elks come into the non-league challenge with a 4-6 record. In their last challenge, Elkton edged South Gate (South Gate, CA), 50-47, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Cruisers encounter the Glendale Pirates (Glendale, OR) in a 1A Skyline challenge, on Friday, January 10. Powers will attempt to improve on its 3-6 season record. The Pirates come into the challenge with a 5-7 record after their 52-51 non-league loss to Prospect (Prospect, OR).