The Granite Falls Tigers held off the visiting Nooksack Valley Pioneers soccer team by a tally of 1-0 in Saturday's non-league game.

Next, the Tigers face the Bear Creek Grizzlies (Redmond, WA) in a 1A Emerald Sound game, on Tuesday, September 24. Granite Falls will attempt to advance on its 4-2 season record. The Grizzlies come into the game with a 6-1 record after their 5-0 non-league win over Kiona-Benton (Benton City, WA).

The Pioneers (1-5) will now prepare for their game against Blaine (Blaine, WA). The Borderites come into the 1A/2A/3A Northwest game with a 2-3 record. In their last game, Blaine was nipped by Lynden Christian (Lynden, WA), 4-0, in a league game.