The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Republic Tigers (Republic, WA) and the host Chewelah Cougars (Chewelah, WA), observed Republic's basketball team overwhelm Chewelah by a score of 57-34.

The Tigers (8-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Oroville (Oroville, WA). The Hornets come into the non-league challenge with a 2-7 record. In their last challenge, Oroville trounced Bridgeport (Bridgeport, WA), 34-30, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Cougars battle the Colville Crimson Hawks (Colville, WA) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 3. Chewelah will attempt to improve on its 1-8 season record. The Crimson Hawks come into the challenge with a 5-3 record after their 44-43 non-league loss to Colfax (Colfax, WA).