The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Hamilton Braves (Hamilton City, CA) and the visiting Maxwell Panthers (Maxwell, CA), observed Hamilton's basketball team edge Maxwell by a score of 37-36.

The Braves (11-10) will now prepare for their challenge against Colusa (Colusa, CA). The RedHawks come into the non-league challenge with a 18-4 record. In their last challenge, Colusa edged East Nicolaus (Nicolaus, CA), 48-23, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Panthers encounter the Williams Yellowjackets (Williams, CA) in a challenge, on Tuesday, February 4. Maxwell will attempt to improve on its 3-8 season record. The Yellowjackets come into the challenge with a 0-11 record after their 51-7 league loss to Biggs (Biggs, CA).