The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Mendocino Cardinals (Mendocino, CA) and the visiting Tomales Braves (Tomales, CA), observed Mendocino's basketball team knock off Tomales by a score of 30-22.

The Cardinals (9-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Round Valley (Covelo, CA). The Mustangs come into the North Central III challenge with a 9-3 record. In their last challenge, Round Valley prevailed over Laytonville (Laytonville, CA), 57-40, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Braves encounter the Grace Christian Academy Lions (Santa Rosa, CA) in a North Central III challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Tomales will attempt to improve on its 5-7 season record.