Fans at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the College Place Hawks (College Place, WA) and the visiting McLoughlin Pioneers (Milton-Freewater, OR), saw College Place's basketball squad hold off McLoughlin by a tally of 44-42.

With the victory, College Place improves its record to 2-1 on the campaign. The Hawks travel to Columbia (Burbank, WA) to confront the Coyotes in a non-league challenge on Friday, December 8. The Coyotes come into the challenge with a record of 2-0. Columbia won 72-43 in their recent non-league challenge against DeSales (Walla Walla, WA)

Next up, the Pioneers confront the Stanfield Tigers (Stanfield, OR) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, December 12. McLoughlin will attempt to improve on its 1-1 season record.