The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Menlo-Atherton Bears (Atherton, CA) and the host Carlmont Scots (Belmont, CA), observed Menlo-Atherton's basketball team edge Carlmont by a score of 62-60.

The Bears (12-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Palo Alto (Palo Alto, CA). The Vikings come into the non-league challenge with a 12-2 record. In their last challenge, Palo Alto edged Milpitas (Milpitas, CA), 44-37, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Scots battle the Mountain View Spartans (Mountain View, CA) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 18. Carlmont will attempt to improve on its 6-8 season record. The Spartans come into the challenge with a 7-8 record after their 64-63 league loss to Wilcox (Santa Clara, CA).