The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Columbia Falls Wildcats (Columbia Falls, MT) and the visiting Ronan Chiefs (Ronan, MT), observed Columbia Falls's basketball team knock off Ronan by a score of 57-37.

The Wildcats (8-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Bigfork (Bigfork, MT). The Vikings & Valkyries come into the A Northwest challenge with a 5-8 record. In their last challenge, Bigfork prevailed over Libby (Libby, MT), 58-30, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Chiefs encounter the Libby Loggers (Libby, MT) in a A Northwest challenge, on Saturday, February 8. Ronan will attempt to improve on its 8-5 season record. The Loggers come into the challenge with a 3-9 record after their 58-30 league loss to Bigfork (Bigfork, MT).