The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Palmer Moose (Palmer, AK) and the visiting Kenai Central Kardinals (Kenai, AK), observed Palmer's basketball team edge Kenai Central by a score of 44-37.

The Moose (7-10) will now prepare for their challenge against Mountain City Christian Academy (Anchorage, AK). The Lions come into the 4A Northern Lights challenge with a 13-2 record. In their last challenge, Mountain City Christian Academy edged Sitka (Sitka, AK), 62-21, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Kardinals encounter the Houston Hawks (Big Lake, AK) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, February 14. Kenai Central will attempt to improve on its 11-8 season record. The Hawks come into the challenge with a 3-8 record after their 28-20 league win over Redington (Wasilla, AK).