The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Republic Tigers (Republic, WA) and the host Columbia Lions (Hunters, WA), observed Republic's basketball team knock off Columbia by a score of 34-21.

The Tigers (3-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Oroville (Oroville, WA). The Hornets come into the non-league challenge with a 4-1 record.

In their next game, the Lions encounter the Northport Mustangs (Northport, WA) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, December 21. Columbia will attempt to improve on its 0-8 season record. The Mustangs come into the challenge with a 0-2 record after their 46-37 non-league loss to Selkirk (Ione, WA).