The Santa Rosa Panthers (Santa Rosa, CA) basketball crushed the visiting Piner Prospectors (Santa Rosa, CA), 55-32 in Friday's league test.

The Panthers (10-5) will now prepare for their test against El Cerrito (El Cerrito, CA). The Gauchos go into the non-league test with a 3-7 record. In their last test, El Cerrito was trounced by Richmond (Richmond, CA), 40-29, in a league test.

The Prospectors now own a 7-10 record. They play next when they travel to Rancho Cotate for a North Bay - Redwood test on Tuesday, January 9. Piner will encounter a Cougars squad coming off a 73-35 non-league loss to Montgomery (Santa Rosa, CA). The Cougars record now stands at 8-8.