The crowd at Saturday's league challenge between the Priest River Spartans (Priest River, ID) and the host Orofino Maniacs (Orofino, ID), observed Priest River's basketball team edge Orofino by a score of 66-59.

The Spartans (3-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Kellogg (Kellogg, ID). The Wildcats come into the 3A Central Idaho challenge with a 2-2 record. In their last challenge, Kellogg edged Genesis Prep Academy (Post Falls, ID), 62-47, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Maniacs encounter the Clarkston Bantams (Clarkston, WA) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, December 16. Orofino will attempt to improve on its 1-2 season record. The Bantams come into the challenge with a 1-4 record after their 76-35 non-league loss to Lewiston (Lewiston, ID).