Fans at Wednesday's league challenge between the Golden Valley Cougars (Merced, CA) and the visiting El Capitan Gauchos (Merced, CA), saw Golden Valley's basketball squad hold off El Capitan by a tally of 63-57.

With the victory, Golden Valley improves its record to 12-8 on the campaign. The Cougars travel to Central Valley (Ceres, CA) to confront the Hawks in a challenge on Wednesday, February 7. The Hawks come into the challenge with a record of 3-8. Central Valley lost 44-27 in their recent league challenge against Atwater (Atwater, CA)

Next up, the Gauchos confront the Patterson Tigers (Patterson, CA) in a challenge, on Friday, February 2. El Capitan will attempt to improve on its 1-6 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 6-20 record after their 65-28 league loss to Merced (Merced, CA).