The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Point Arena Pirates (Point Arena, CA) and the host Round Valley Mustangs (Covelo, CA), observed Point Arena's basketball team edge Round Valley by a score of 47-41.

The Pirates (8-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Anderson Valley (Boonville, CA). The Panthers come into the North Central III challenge with a 7-8 record. In their last challenge, Anderson Valley was tipped by Grace Christian Academy (Santa Rosa, CA), 41-23, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Mustangs encounter the Potter Valley Bearcats (Potter Valley, CA) in a North Central III challenge, on Tuesday, January 14. Round Valley will attempt to improve on its 7-3 season record. The Bearcats come into the challenge with a 0-4 record after their 41-21 league loss to Tomales (Tomales, CA).