The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears (Juneau, AK) and the visiting Soldotna Stars (Soldotna, AK), observed Juneau-Douglas's basketball team knock off Soldotna by a score of 64-49.

The Crimson Bears (4-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Homer (Homer, AK). The Mariners come into the non-league challenge with a 0-3 record. In their last challenge, Homer dropped by Bethel (Bethel, AK), 73-64, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Stars encounter the Palmer Moose (Palmer, AK) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 10. Soldotna will attempt to improve on its 6-3 season record. The Moose come into the challenge with a 4-0 record after their 78-60 non-league win over Homer (Homer, AK).