Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Freeman Scotties (Rockford, WA) and the host Shadle Park Highlanders (Spokane, WA), saw Freeman's basketball squad overcome Shadle Park by a tally of 65-45.

With the victory, Freeman improves its record to 8-2 on the campaign. The Scotties travel to Deer Park (Deer Park, WA) to confront the Stags in a 1A Northeast challenge on Wednesday, January 3. The Stags come into the challenge with a record of 3-6. Deer Park lost 69-32 in their recent non-league challenge against Omak (Omak, WA)

Next up, the Highlanders confront the Asotin Panthers (Asotin, WA) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 4. Shadle Park will attempt to improve on its 5-4 season record. The Panthers come into the challenge with a 5-5 record after their 48-47 league loss to Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna (Ritzville, WA).