The crowd at Wednesday's league challenge between the Santa Paula Cardinals (Santa Paula, CA) and the visiting Fillmore Flashes (Fillmore, CA), observed Santa Paula's basketball team overwhelm Fillmore by a score of 81-51.

The Cardinals (15-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Carpinteria (Carpinteria, CA). The Warriors come into the Citrus Coast challenge with a 10-11 record. In their last challenge, Carpinteria was routed by Channel Islands (Oxnard, CA), 75-54, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Flashes encounter the Malibu Sharks (Malibu, CA) in a Citrus Coast challenge, on Friday, January 31. Fillmore will attempt to improve on its 9-16 season record. The Sharks come into the challenge with a 9-7 record after their 85-39 non-league win over Community Charter (Lakeview Terrace, CA).