The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Pacifica Mariners (Garden Grove, CA) and the host El Modena Vanguards (Orange, CA), observed Pacifica's basketball team edge El Modena by a score of 58-55.

The Mariners (7-12) will now prepare for their challenge against Esperanza (Anaheim, CA). The Aztecs come into the challenge with a 4-7 record. In their last challenge, Esperanza was tipped by Whittier Christian (La Habra, CA), 54-31, in a non-league challenge.