The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the El Capitan Gauchos (Merced, CA) and the visiting Golden Valley Cougars (Merced, CA), observed El Capitan's basketball team overwhelm Golden Valley by a score of 70-29.

The Gauchos (18-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Los Banos (Los Banos, CA). The Tigers come into the Central California Conference challenge with a 14-5 record.

In their next game, the Cougars battle the Merced Bears (Merced, CA) in a Central California Conference challenge, on Tuesday, January 28. Golden Valley will attempt to improve on its 6-15 season record. The Bears come into the challenge with a 12-9 record after their 75-25 league loss to Atwater (Atwater, CA).