The crowd at Wednesday's league challenge between the Escalon Cougars (Escalon, CA) and the host Sonora Wildcats (Sonora, CA), observed Escalon's basketball team edge Sonora by a score of 45-39.

The Cougars (13-10) will now prepare for their challenge against Hilmar (Hilmar, CA). The Yellowjackets come into the challenge with a 8-7 record. In their last challenge, Hilmar was tipped by Ripon Christian (Ripon, CA), 54-34, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Wildcats encounter the Orestimba Warriors (Newman, CA) in a challenge, on Thursday, January 30. Sonora will attempt to improve on its 0-12 season record. The Warriors come into the challenge with a 4-12 record after their 55-21 non-league loss to Patterson (Patterson, CA).