The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Rye Thunderbolts (Rye, CO) and the visiting Salida Spartans (Salida, CO), observed Rye's basketball team overcome Salida by a score of 56-46.

The Thunderbolts (6-10) will now prepare for their challenge against Lamar (Lamar, CO). The Thunder come into the 4A/3A Tri-Peaks challenge with a 14-3 record. In their last challenge, Lamar dropped by Banning Lewis Academy (Colorado Springs, CO), 58-46, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Spartans battle the The Vanguard School Coursers (Colorado Springs, CO) in a 4A/3A Tri-Peaks challenge, on Tuesday, February 11. Salida will attempt to improve on its 10-5 season record. The Coursers come into the challenge with a 10-4 record after their 85-55 league win over St. Mary's (Colorado Springs, CO).