Fans at Tuesday's league challenge between the Mountain Empire Redhawks (Pine Valley, CA) and the host King-Chavez Community Lions (San Diego, CA), saw Mountain Empire's basketball squad wallop King-Chavez Community by a tally of 61-22.

With the victory, Mountain Empire improves its record to 9-5 on the campaign. The Redhawks host Health Sciences (San Diego, CA) to confront the Surgeons in a Pioneer challenge on Thursday, January 18. The Surgeons come into the challenge with a record of 1-6. Health Sciences lost 55-39 in their recent league challenge against Monarch (San Diego, CA)

Next up, the Lions confront the San Diego Academy Cavaliers (National City, CA) in a Pioneer challenge, on Thursday, January 18. King-Chavez Community will attempt to improve on its 0-3 season record. The Cavaliers come into the challenge with a 4-6 record after their 49-24 league win over School for Entrepreneurship & Technology (San Diego, CA).