Vale Vikings (Vale, OR) backers were in high spirits Thursday as they witnessed their basketball squad tip the visiting Echo Cougars (Echo, OR), 39-37 in a non-league bout.

With the win, Vale upgrades its record to 2-4 on the season. The Vikings host McLoughlin (Milton-Freewater, OR) to play the Pioneers in a 3A Eastern Oregon bout on Friday, January 6. The Pioneers go into the bout with a record of 2-4. McLoughlin lost 49-10 in their recent non-league bout against Stanfield (Stanfield, OR)