The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Highland Bulldogs (Palmdale, CA) and the host Quartz Hill Royals (Quartz Hill, CA), observed Highland's basketball team knock off Quartz Hill by a score of 75-63.

The Bulldogs (10-11) will now prepare for their challenge against Louisville (Woodland Hills, CA). The Royals come into the non-league challenge with a 6-7 record. In their last challenge, Louisville dropped by Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, CA), 65-50, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Royals encounter the Palmdale Falcons (Palmdale, CA) in a Golden challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Quartz Hill will attempt to improve on its 10-8 season record. The Falcons come into the challenge with a 2-8 record after their 44-32 league loss to Lancaster (Lancaster, CA).