Fans at Friday's league challenge between the Yucaipa Thunderbirds (Yucaipa, CA) and the visiting Beaumont Cougars (Beaumont, CA), saw Yucaipa's basketball squad hold off Beaumont by a tally of 59-55.

With the victory, Yucaipa improves its record to 17-2 on the campaign. The Thunderbirds travel to Redlands East Valley (Redlands, CA) to confront the Wildcats in a challenge on Wednesday, January 24. The Wildcats come into the challenge with a record of 5-12. Redlands East Valley lost 66-56 in their recent league challenge against Cajon (San Bernardino, CA)

Next up, the Cougars confront the Redlands East Valley Wildcats (Redlands, CA) in a challenge, on Friday, January 26. Beaumont will attempt to improve on its 5-3 season record.