The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Santa Paula Cardinals (Santa Paula, CA) and the host Carpinteria Warriors (Carpinteria, CA), observed Santa Paula's basketball team overwhelm Carpinteria by a margin of 73-33.

The Cardinals (17-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Channel Islands (Oxnard, CA). The Raiders come into the Citrus Coast challenge with a 0-10 record. In their last challenge, Channel Islands was trounced by Nordhoff (Ojai, CA), 52-34, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Warriors battle the Hueneme Vikings (Oxnard, CA) in a Citrus Coast challenge, on Monday, February 3. Carpinteria will attempt to better on its 9-9 season record. The Vikings come into the challenge with a 0-14 record after their 52-19 non-league loss to Royal (Simi Valley, CA).