The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Grace Davis Spartans (Modesto, CA) and the visiting Lathrop Spartans (Lathrop, CA), observed Grace Davis's basketball team edge Lathrop by a score of 62-57.

The Spartans (20-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Livingston (Livingston, CA). The Wolves come into the Western Athletic Conference challenge with a 9-12 record. In their last challenge, Livingston was tipped by Beyer (Modesto, CA), 60-30, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Spartans battle the Ceres Bulldogs (Ceres, CA) in a Western Athletic Conference challenge, on Monday, February 3. Lathrop will attempt to improve on its 10-13 season record. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a 18-5 record after their 44-19 league win over Johansen (Modesto, CA).