The crowd at Wednesday's non-league challenge between the Trout Lake Mustangs (Trout Lake, WA) and the visiting South Wasco County Redsides (Maupin, OR), observed Trout Lake's basketball team knock off South Wasco County by a score of 53-38.

The Mustangs (7-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Ione/Arlington (Ione, OR). The Cardinals come into the 1A Big Sky challenge with a 7-4 record. In their last challenge, Ione/Arlington prevailed over Pilot Rock (Pilot Rock, OR), 42-39, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Redsides encounter the Mitchell/Spray/Wheeler (Mitchell, OR) in a 1A Big Sky challenge, on Friday, January 10. South Wasco County will attempt to improve on its 6-6 season record. The come into the challenge with a 6-4 record after their 44-28 league win over Condon (Condon, OR).