Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Cove Leopards (Cove, OR) and the host Echo Cougars (Echo, OR), saw Cove's basketball squad hold off Echo by a tally of 44-43.

With the victory, Cove improves its record to 25-6 on the campaign. The Leopards travel to Nixyaawii Community (Pendleton, OR) to play the Eagles in a 1A Old Oregon challenge on Friday, February 16. The Eagles come into the challenge with a record of 18-4. Nixyaawii Community won 95-41 in their recent league challenge against Elgin (Elgin, OR)