Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Shelton Highclimbers (Shelton, WA) and the host Centralia Tigers (Centralia, WA), saw Shelton's basketball squad hold off Centralia by a tally of 54-53.

With the victory, Shelton improves its record to 10-8 on the campaign. The Highclimbers travel to Rochester (Rochester, WA) to confront the Warriors in a 2A Evergreen challenge on Monday, February 6. The Warriors come into the challenge with a record of 2-17. Rochester lost 97-43 in their recent league challenge against Black Hills (Tumwater, WA)