The St. Helens Lions (St. Helens, OR) basketball crushed the host Sweet Home Huskies (Sweet Home, OR), 61-40 in Saturday's non-league bout.

The Lions now possess a 5-4 record. They play next when they travel to Rainier for a non-league bout on Friday, January 3. St. Helens will play a Columbians team coming off a 70-29 non-league loss to Riverside (Boardman, OR). The Columbians record now stands at 2-8.

With the loss, Sweet Home falls to 2-7 on the campaign. The Huskies host Tillamook (Tillamook, OR) to play the Cheesemakers in a non-league bout on Friday, January 3. The Cheesemakers go into the bout with a record of 4-5. Tillamook lost 51-48 in their recent non-league bout against The Dalles (The Dalles, OR)