The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Echo Cougars (Echo, OR) and the host Heppner Mustangs (Heppner, OR), observed Echo's basketball team knock off Heppner by a score of 70-56.

The Cougars (5-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Mitchell/Spray/Wheeler (Mitchell, OR). The come into the non-league challenge with a 5-2 record. In their last challenge, Mitchell/Spray/Wheeler prevailed over Central Christian (Redmond, OR), 30-28, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Mustangs encounter the Knappa Loggers (Astoria, OR) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 27. Heppner will attempt to improve on its 4-3 season record. The Loggers come into the challenge with a 6-2 record after their 56-26 non-league win over Colton (Colton, OR).