The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Portola Tigers (Portola, CA) and the visiting Herlong Vikings (Herlong, CA), observed Portola's basketball team knock off Herlong by a score of 53-36.

The Tigers (3-5) will now prepare for their challenge against University Prep (Redding, CA). The Panthers come into the non-league challenge with a 10-4 record. In their last challenge, University Prep prevailed over Anderson (Anderson, CA), 71-30, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Vikings encounter the Westwood Lumberjacks (Westwood, CA) in a challenge, on Wednesday, January 8. Herlong will attempt to improve on its 0-4 season record. The Lumberjacks come into the challenge with a 0-1 record after their 43-32 non-league loss to Burney (Burney, CA).