The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Paradise Bobcats (Paradise, CA) and the host Winters Warriors (Winters, CA), observed Paradise's basketball team edge Winters by a score of 44-42.

The Bobcats (10-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Pierce (Arbuckle, CA). The Bears come into the Sacramento Valley challenge with a 8-10 record. In their last challenge, Pierce edged Willows (Willows, CA), 71-41, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Warriors encounter the Durham Trojans (Durham, CA) in a Sacramento Valley challenge, on Tuesday, January 14. Winters will attempt to improve on its 4-5 season record. The Trojans come into the challenge with a 10-4 record after their 55-53 non-league loss to Las Plumas (Oroville, CA).