The crowd at Saturday's league challenge between the Republic Tigers (Republic, WA) and the visiting Cusick Panthers (Cusick, WA), observed Republic's basketball team overwhelm Cusick by a margin of 55-31.

The Tigers (5-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Curlew (Curlew, WA). The Cougars come into the 1B Northeast challenge with a 4-0 record. In their last challenge, Curlew trounced Cusick (Cusick, WA), 59-26, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Panthers battle the Selkirk Rangers (Ione, WA) in a 1B Northeast challenge, on Tuesday, December 17. Cusick will attempt to better on its 2-2 season record. The Rangers come into the challenge with a 6-1 record after their 61-50 league win over Northport (Northport, WA).