The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Jordan Valley Mustangs (Jordan Valley, OR) and the host Harper Hornets (Harper, OR), observed Jordan Valley's basketball team edge Harper by a score of 52-49.

The Mustangs (3-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Nixyaawii Community (Pendleton, OR). The Eagles come into the non-league challenge with a 11-2 record. In their last challenge, Nixyaawii Community edged Adrian (Adrian, OR), 83-68, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Hornets encounter the Huntington Locomotives (Huntington, OR) in a 1A High Desert challenge, on Friday, January 10. Harper will attempt to improve on its 3-6 season record. The Locomotives come into the challenge with a 0-6 record after their 45-37 non-league loss to Pine Eagle (Halfway, OR).