Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Eatonville Cruisers (Eatonville, WA) and the host Orting Cardinals (Orting, WA), saw Eatonville's basketball squad hold off Orting by a count of 43-36.

With the victory, Eatonville upgrades its record to 8-3 on the campaign. The Cruisers travel to Napavine (Napavine, WA) to play the Tigers in a non-league challenge on Thursday, December 28. The Tigers come into the challenge with a record of 5-2. Napavine won 61-51 in their recent non-league challenge against Adna (Adna, WA)

Next up, the Cardinals play the Foss Falcons (Tacoma, WA) in a non-league challenge, on Wednesday, January 3. Orting will attempt to upgrade on its 4-5 season record.