In Wednesday's league outing, the North Stars (Bakersfield, CA) basketball squad edged the visiting West Vikings (Bakersfield, CA), by a margin of 38-36.

The Stars (10-5) will now prepare for their outing against Mira Monte (Bakersfield, CA). The Lions go into the non-league outing with a 11-5 record. In their last outing, Mira Monte held off Golden Valley (Bakersfield, CA), 48-44, in a league outing.

The Vikings now own a 8-6 record. They play next when they host South for a South Yosemite - Mountain outing on Friday, January 13. West will clash with a Spartans squad coming off a 74-24 league loss to Tehachapi (Tehachapi, CA). The Spartans record now stands at 1-9.