The McKinleyville Panthers (McKinleyville, CA) basketball crushed the host Del Norte Warriors (Crescent City, CA), 51-30 in Thursday's league bout.

The Panthers now possess a 13-5 record. They play next when they travel to Ferndale for a non-league bout on Saturday, January 11. McKinleyville will play a Wildcats team coming off a 67-37 league loss to St. Bernard's (Eureka, CA). The Wildcats record now stands at 10-5.

With the loss, Del Norte falls to 12-7 on the campaign. The Warriors travel to Eureka (Eureka, CA) to play the Loggers in a Humboldt-Del Norte - Big 5 bout on Tuesday, January 14. The Loggers go into the bout with a record of 12-2. Eureka lost 51-46 in their recent non-league bout against St. Bernard's (Eureka, CA)