The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Meridian Trojans (Bellingham, WA) and the host Anacortes Seahawks (Anacortes, WA), observed Meridian's basketball team knock off Anacortes by a score of 65-54.

The Trojans (9-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Nooksack Valley (Everson, WA). The Pioneers come into the 1A/2A/3A Northwest challenge with a 5-5 record. In their last challenge, Nooksack Valley prevailed over Burlington-Edison (Burlington, WA), 51-46, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Seahawks encounter the Ferndale Golden Eagles (Ferndale, WA) in a 1A/2A/3A Northwest challenge, on Saturday, January 11. Anacortes will attempt to improve on its 7-2 season record. The Golden Eagles come into the challenge with a 6-5 record after their 54-52 league win over Mount Vernon (Mount Vernon, WA).