The Aptos Mariners (Aptos, CA) basketball crushed the visiting Soquel Knights (Soquel, CA), 65-41 in Friday's league test.

The Mariners (15-7) will now prepare for their test against Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA). The Cardinals go into the Santa Cruz Coast test with a 18-4 record. In their last test, Santa Cruz walloped Scotts Valley (Scotts Valley, CA), 76-63, in a league test.

The Knights now own a 10-12 record. They play next when they host Harbor for a Santa Cruz Coast test on Tuesday, January 30. Soquel will encounter a Pirates squad coming off a 48-46 league loss to San Lorenzo Valley (Felton, CA). The Pirates record now stands at 12-10.