The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Royal Knights (Royal City, WA) and the host Naches Valley Rangers (Naches, WA), observed Royal's basketball team overwhelm Naches Valley by a score of 80-56.

The Knights (11-0) will now prepare for their challenge against College Place (College Place, WA). The Hawks come into the 1A South Central challenge with a 2-8 record. In their last challenge, College Place was routed by Zillah (Zillah, WA), 99-44, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Rangers encounter the Wapato Wolves (Wapato, WA) in a 1A South Central challenge, on Friday, January 10. Naches Valley will attempt to improve on its 2-8 season record. The Wolves come into the challenge with a 7-3 record after their 74-67 league loss to Cashmere (Cashmere, WA).