The Heritage Patriots (Brentwood, CA) basketball crushed the visiting Emerald Aerouants (Dublin, CA), 56-27 in Friday's league bout.

The Patriots now possess a 17-3 record. They play next when they travel to Windsor for a non-league bout on Saturday, January 25. Heritage will play a Jaguars team coming off a 60-43 league loss to Cardinal Newman (Santa Rosa, CA). The Jaguars record now stands at 14-6.

With the loss, Emerald falls to 5-16 on the campaign. The Aerouants host Livermore (Livermore, CA) to play the Cowboys in a non-league bout on Saturday, January 25. The Cowboys go into the bout with a record of 11-8. Livermore won 64-17 in their recent league bout against Dougherty Valley (San Ramon, CA)