The crowd at Saturday's league challenge between the Capital Bruins (Helena, MT) and the visiting Helena Bengals (Helena, MT), observed Capital's basketball team edge Helena by a margin of 57-53.

The Bruins (7-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Sentinel (Missoula, MT). The Spartans come into the AA Western challenge with a 5-8 record. In their last challenge, Sentinel was tipped by Big Sky (Missoula, MT), 60-49, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Bengals battle the Hellgate Knights (Missoula, MT) in a AA Western challenge, on Thursday, February 13. Helena will attempt to better on its 9-3 season record. The Knights come into the challenge with a 9-4 record after their 61-57 league loss to Butte (Butte, MT).