The crowd at Wednesday's non-league challenge between the Monument Valley Cougars (Monument Valley, UT) and the visiting Piute Thunderbirds (Junction, UT), observed Monument Valley's basketball team edge Piute by a score of 48-44.

The Cougars (13-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Rich (Randolph, UT). The Rebels come into the non-league challenge with a 22-2 record. In their last challenge, Rich edged Monticello (Monticello, UT), 50-16, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Thunderbirds encounter the Monticello Buckaroo (Monticello, UT) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, February 27. Piute will attempt to move on its 12-10 season record. The Buckaroo go into the bout with a 5-18 record after their 38-37 non-league win over Pinnacle (Price, UT).