The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Calexico Bulldogs (Calexico, CA) and the visiting Calipatria Hornets (Calipatria, CA), observed Calexico's basketball team edge Calipatria by a score of 40-37.

The Bulldogs (13-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Imperial (Imperial, CA). The Tigers come into the Imperial Valley challenge with a 8-7 record. In their last challenge, Imperial edged Southwest EC (El Centro, CA), 58-40, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Hornets encounter the Central Spartans (El Centro, CA) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 17. Calipatria will attempt to improve on its 6-8 season record. The Spartans come into the challenge with a 10-7 record after their 59-58 league win over Vincent Memorial (Calexico, CA).