The Santa Paula Cardinals (Santa Paula, CA) basketball nipped the host Carpinteria Warriors (Carpinteria, CA), 44-43 in Tuesday's league test.

The Cardinals (5-8) will now prepare for their test against Hueneme (Oxnard, CA). The Vikings go into the Citrus Coast test with a 0-13 record. In their last test, Hueneme was tipped by Channel Islands (Oxnard, CA), 58-8, in a league test.

The Warriors now own a 7-8 record. They play next when they host Fillmore for a Citrus Coast test on Thursday, January 5. Carpinteria will encounter a Flashes squad coming off a 40-30 league loss to Malibu (Malibu, CA). The Flashes record now stands at 2-9.