The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Durham Trojans (Durham, CA) and the visiting East Nicolaus Spartans (Nicolaus, CA), observed Durham's basketball team knock off East Nicolaus by a score of 48-28.

The Trojans (7-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Biggs (Biggs, CA). The Wolverines come into the non-league challenge with a 6-3 record. In their last challenge, Biggs was knocked off by Center (Antelope, CA), 69-53, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Spartans encounter the Winters Warriors (Winters, CA) in a challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. East Nicolaus will attempt to improve on its 0-12 season record. The Warriors come into the challenge with a 2-5 record after their 45-22 league loss to Pierce (Arbuckle, CA).