The Live Oak Lions basketball team (Live Oak, CA), was nudged 29-27 in Tuesday's league battle with the visiting Winters Warriors (Winters, CA)

The Warriors now possess a 5-7 record. They put it on the line next when they host Pierce for a Sacramento Valley battle on Friday, January 6. Winters will battle a Bears team coming off a 57-55 league loss to Willows (Willows, CA). The Bears record now stands at 3-9.

The Lions (3-7) will now prepare for their battle against Anderson (Anderson, CA). The Cubs come into the non-league battle with a 7-6 record. In their last battle, Anderson was nudged by Red Bluff (Red Bluff, CA), 41-34, in a non-league battle.