The White River High girls will hit the road during the holiday break for a trio of nonleague contests.

The Hornets will trek to Kent Thursday to challenge Mount Rainier High at 1 p.m. at the ShoWare Center. It will be part of a busy day, with eight games on the schedule.

The ShoWare contest shapes up to be one of the Hornets’ toughest challenges of the year. Mount Rainier presently is ranked No. 2 in the state’s Class 4A teams.

The White River crew will cross the mountains for the Dec. 29-30 Wilbur-Ellis SunDome Shootout in Yakima. The first day, the Hornets will be paired against Lakeside High from Nine Mile Falls, just outside Spokane; the second day has White River taking on Burbank, another small school from eastern Washington. Both foes are from the Class 1A ranks and tipoff time both days is 4:30 p.m.

The White River High girls had kept their undefeated record intact Dec. 13, whipping the visiting Washington Patriots 61-31.

The Hornets were led by Kennedy Hobert’s 20 points. Joining her in double-figure scoring were Cassidy France with 16 and Erin Worley with 10.

While improving to 5-0 overall, White River pushed its South Puget Sound League 2A record to 3-0. Earlier league victories were 68-13 over Steilacoom on Dec. 9 and 65-23 over Clover Park Dec. 6.

White River traveled to Eatonville Friday night for a SPSL 2A contest; results could be included here, but are posted at www.courierherald.com.