The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Minarets Mustangs (O'Neals, CA) and the visiting Avenal Buccaneers (Avenal, CA), observed Minarets's basketball team overcome Avenal by a margin of 40-28.

The Mustangs (1-10) will now prepare for their challenge against Fowler (Fowler, CA). The Redcats come into the Northwest Sequoia challenge with a 2-12 record. In their last challenge, Fowler dropped by Sunnyside (Fresno, CA), 49-29, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Buccaneers battle the Riverdale Cowboys (Riverdale, CA) in a non-league challenge, on Wednesday, January 8. Avenal will attempt to better on its 6-5 season record. The Cowboys come into the challenge with a 9-5 record after their 30-12 non-league win over Laton (Laton, CA).