The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Weed Cougars (Weed, CA) and the host Redding Christian Lions (Palo Cedro, CA), observed Weed's basketball team knock off Redding Christian by a score of 42-24.

The Cougars (11-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Hoopa Valley (Hoopa, CA). The Warriors come into the non-league challenge with a 4-5 record.

In their next game, the Lions battle the St. Bernard's Crusaders (Eureka, CA) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 4. Redding Christian will attempt to improve on its 7-8 season record. The Crusaders come into the challenge with a 11-1 record after their 55-23 non-league win over Delsea (Franklinville, NJ).