The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Rancho San Juan Trailblazers (Salinas, CA) and the host Marina Mariners (Marina, CA), observed Rancho San Juan's basketball team edge Marina by a score of 46-44.

The Trailblazers (8-6) will now prepare for their challenge against North Salinas (Salinas, CA). The Vikings come into the non-league challenge with a 5-4 record. In their last challenge, North Salinas edged Soledad (Soledad, CA), 60-25, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Mariners encounter the North Monterey County Condors (Castroville, CA) in a challenge, on Tuesday, January 28. Marina will attempt to improve on its 3-8 season record. The Condors come into the challenge with a 4-5 record after their 32-27 league loss to Stevenson (Pebble Beach, CA).