The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Inderkum Tigers (Sacramento, CA) and the visiting Pinole Valley Spartans (Pinole, CA), observed Inderkum's basketball team edge Pinole Valley by a margin of 44-37.

The Tigers (14-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Ponderosa (Shingle Springs, CA). The Bruins come into the Capital Valley Conference challenge with a 20-1 record. In their last challenge, Ponderosa edged Vista del Lago (Folsom, CA), 53-36, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Spartans battle the Richmond Oilers (Richmond, CA) in a Tri-County - Rock challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Pinole Valley will attempt to better on its 10-6 season record. The Oilers come into the challenge with a 0-12 record after their 68-9 league loss to Salesian College Preparatory (Richmond, CA).