The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Avenal Buccaneers (Avenal, CA) and the host Dos Palos Broncos (Dos Palos, CA), observed Avenal's basketball team edge Dos Palos by a score of 47-43.

The Buccaneers (6-10) will now prepare for their challenge against Coalinga (Coalinga, CA). The Horned Toads come into the West Sierra challenge with a 9-6 record. In their last challenge, Coalinga edged Wasco (Wasco, CA), 66-19, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Broncos battle the Mendota Aztecs (Mendota, CA) in a West Sierra challenge, on Tuesday, January 14. Dos Palos will attempt to improve on its 7-11 season record. The Aztecs come into the challenge with a 8-8 record after their 53-39 league win over Tranquillity (Tranquillity, CA).