The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Nordhoff Rangers (Ojai, CA) and the host Channel Islands Raiders (Oxnard, CA), observed Nordhoff's basketball team knock off Channel Islands by a score of 52-34.

The Rangers (14-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Malibu (Malibu, CA). The Sharks come into the Citrus Coast challenge with a 3-5 record. In their last challenge, Malibu dropped by Fillmore (Fillmore, CA), 52-31, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Raiders battle the Santa Paula Cardinals (Santa Paula, CA) in a Citrus Coast challenge, on Monday, February 3. Channel Islands will attempt to improve on its 0-10 season record. The Cardinals come into the challenge with a 17-8 record after their 73-33 league win over Carpinteria (Carpinteria, CA).