The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Dufur Rangers (Dufur, OR) and the host Echo Cougars (Echo, OR), observed Dufur's basketball team edge Echo by a margin of 42-40.

The Rangers (3-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Heppner (Heppner, OR). The Mustangs come into the non-league challenge with a 3-2 record. In their last challenge, Heppner edged Ione/Arlington (Ione, OR), 43-24, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Cougars battle the Condon Blue Devils (Condon, OR) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, December 17. Echo will attempt to better on its 4-2 season record. The Blue Devils come into the challenge with a 3-2 record after their 71-62 non-league win over Lyle/Wishram (Lyle, WA).