The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Thompson Falls Blue Hawks (Thompson Falls, MT) and the host St. Ignatius Bulldogs (St. Ignatius, MT), observed Thompson Falls's basketball team edge St. Ignatius by a score of 53-47.

The Blue Hawks (3-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Charlo (Charlo, MT). The Vikings come into the non-league challenge with a 5-1 record. In their last challenge, Charlo edged Drummond (Drummond, MT), 34-30, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Bulldogs encounter the Ronan Chiefs (Ronan, MT) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 10. St. Ignatius will attempt to improve on its 2-3 season record. The Chiefs come into the challenge with a 3-3 record after their 62-61 non-league loss to East Helena (East Helena, MT).