The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Lathrop Spartans (Lathrop, CA) and the host McNair Eagles (Stockton, CA), observed Lathrop's basketball team knock off McNair by a score of 56-39.

The Spartans (11-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Central Valley (Ceres, CA). The Hawks come into the non-league challenge with a 4-8 record. In their last challenge, Central Valley was knocked off by Livingston (Livingston, CA), 61-40, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Eagles encounter the Weston Ranch Cougars (Stockton, CA) in a challenge, on Wednesday, January 22. McNair will attempt to improve on its 10-10 season record. The Cougars come into the challenge with a 7-11 record after their 67-63 league loss to Bear Creek (Stockton, CA).