The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Riverside Pirates (Boardman, OR) and the visiting Pendleton Buckaroos (Pendleton, OR), observed Riverside's basketball team overcome Pendleton by a score of 69-58.

The Pirates (6-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Ontario (Ontario, OR). The Tigers come into the non-league challenge with a 1-9 record. In their last challenge, Ontario dropped by Caldwell (Caldwell, ID), 61-23, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Buckaroos battle the Gladstone Gladiators (Gladstone, OR) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, December 21. Pendleton will attempt to improve on its 3-4 season record. The Gladiators come into the challenge with a 1-4 record after their 68-42 non-league loss to Scappoose (Scappoose, OR).