The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Arvin Bears (Arvin, CA) and the visiting Taft Wildcats (Taft, CA), observed Arvin's basketball team edge Taft by a score of 21-19.

The Bears (1-0) will now prepare for their challenge against East Bakersfield (Bakersfield, CA). The Blades come into the non-league challenge with a 1-0 record. In their last challenge, East Bakersfield edged Lindsay (Lindsay, CA), 35-13, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Wildcats battle the Del Oro Suns (Bakersfield, CA) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, November 23. Taft will attempt to improve on its 0-2 season record.