The crowd at Saturday's league challenge between the North Marion Huskies (Aurora, OR) and the visiting Philomath Warriors (Philomath, OR), observed North Marion's basketball team edge Philomath by a margin of 51-48.

The Huskies (13-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Sweet Home (Sweet Home, OR). The Huskies come into the 4A Oregon West challenge with a 3-18 record. In their last challenge, Sweet Home was tipped by Stayton (Stayton, OR), 65-31, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Warriors battle the Cascade Cougars (Turner, OR) in a 4A Oregon West challenge, on Tuesday, February 18. Philomath will attempt to better on its 11-9 season record. The Cougars come into the challenge with a 17-3 record after their 51-49 league win over Stayton (Stayton, OR).