The Serra Padres (San Mateo, CA) basketball nipped the visiting Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Fightin' Irish (San Francisco, CA), 59-55 in Thursday's league test.

The Padres (16-3) will now prepare for their test against Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, CA). The Monarchs go into the test with a 16-1 record. In their last test, Archbishop Mitty got by Bellarmine College Prep (San Jose, CA), 53-38, in a league test.

The Fightin' Irish now own a 10-6 record. They play next when they host Bellarmine College Prep for a test on Saturday, January 27. Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory will encounter a Bells squad coming off a 53-38 league loss to Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, CA). The Bells record now stands at 10-7.