The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Heritage Patriots (Brentwood, CA) and the host Pittsburg Pirates (Pittsburg, CA), observed Heritage's basketball team edge Pittsburg by a margin of 43-40.

The Patriots (13-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Antioch (Antioch, CA). The Panthers come into the challenge with a 2-9 record. In their last challenge, Antioch edged Berkeley (Berkeley, CA), 26-25, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Pirates battle the Deer Valley Wolverines (Antioch, CA) in a challenge, on Friday, January 17. Pittsburg will attempt to better on its 8-5 season record. The Wolverines come into the challenge with a 2-3 record after their 48-20 league loss to Liberty (Brentwood, CA).