The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Sugar-Salem Diggers (Sugar City, ID) and the visiting Shelley Russets (Shelley, ID), observed Sugar-Salem's basketball team edge Shelley by a score of 58-54.

The Diggers (4-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Blackfoot (Blackfoot, ID). The Broncos come into the non-league challenge with a 3-3 record. In their last challenge, Blackfoot edged Idaho Falls (Idaho Falls, ID), 75-67, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Russets encounter the Kimberly Bulldogs (Kimberly, ID) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 2. Shelley will attempt to improve on its 0-5 season record. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a 1-6 record after their 45-31 non-league loss to American Falls (American Falls, ID).