The crowd at Saturday's league challenge between the Liberty Christian Minutemen (Huntington Beach, CA) and the visiting Vista Meridian Meridian Eagles (Santa Ana, CA), observed Liberty Christian's basketball team knock off Vista Meridian by a score of 42-34.

The Minutemen (9-5) will now prepare for their challenge against First Baptist (Long Beach, CA). The come into the non-league challenge with a 7-6 record. In their last challenge, First Baptist dropped by Avalon (Avalon, CA), 82-52, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Meridian Eagles encounter the Bethel Baptist Warriors (Santa Ana, CA) in a Western challenge, on Tuesday, January 28. Vista Meridian will attempt to improve on its 1-11 season record. The Warriors come into the challenge with a 1-9 record after their 70-30 league loss to Magnolia Science Academy (Santa Ana, CA).