Fans at Friday's non-league challenge between the Curlew Cougars (Curlew, WA) and the visiting Oroville Hornets (Oroville, WA), saw Curlew's basketball squad hold off Oroville by a tally of 52-48.

With the victory, Curlew improves its record to 3-5 on the campaign. The Cougars travel to Selkirk (Ione, WA) to confront the Rangers in a 1B Northeast challenge on Saturday, December 16. The Rangers come into the challenge with a record of 0-7. Selkirk lost 61-41 in their recent league challenge against Inchelium (Inchelium, WA)

Next up, the Hornets confront the Republic Tigers (Republic, WA) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, December 16. Oroville will attempt to improve on its 1-4 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 4-3 record after their 66-52 league win over Columbia (Hunters, WA).