In Thursday's non-league test, the El Diamante Miners (Visalia, CA) basketball squad trounced the visiting Tulare Union The Tribe (Tulare, CA), by a score of 62-36.

Next, the Miners face the Monache Marauders (Porterville, CA) in a East Yosemite outing, on Tuesday, January 7. El Diamante will attempt to upgrade on its 9-6 season record. The Marauders enter the outing with a 9-5 record after their 65-26 non-league loss to Etiwanda (Etiwanda, CA).

The The Tribe (7-10) will now prepare for their outing against Lemoore (Lemoore, CA). The Tigers enter the West Yosemite outing with a 3-8 record. In their last outing, Lemoore was overwhelmed by Mission Oak (Tulare, CA), 58-21, in a non-league outing.