In Friday's league outing, the Lathrop Spartans (Lathrop, CA) basketball squad beat the host Ceres Bulldogs (Ceres, CA), by a count of 69-59.

The Spartans (9-5) will now prepare for their outing against Beyer (Modesto, CA). The Patriots go into the Western Athletic Conference outing with a 7-7 record. In their last outing, Beyer defeated Enochs (Modesto, CA), 80-78, in a non-league outing.

The Bulldogs now hold a 6-8 record. They play next when they travel to Johansen for a Western Athletic Conference outing on Wednesday, January 8. Ceres will clash with a Vikings squad coming off a 57-56 non-league loss to Fresno Christian (Fresno, CA). The Vikings record now stands at 3-12.