The crowd at Wednesday's league challenge between the Golden Valley Cougars (Merced, CA) and the visiting Buhach Colony Thunder (Atwater, CA), observed Golden Valley's basketball team overwhelm Buhach Colony by a score of 80-58.

The Cougars (14-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Atwater (Atwater, CA). The Falcons come into the Central California Conference challenge with a 18-1 record. In their last challenge, Atwater trounced Los Banos (Los Banos, CA), 64-46, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Thunder encounter the El Capitan Gauchos (Merced, CA) in a Central California Conference challenge, on Friday, January 17. Buhach Colony will attempt to improve on its 9-9 season record. The Gauchos come into the challenge with a 10-7 record after their 56-46 league win over Merced (Merced, CA).