The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Corning Cardinals (Corning, CA) and the host Etna Lions (Etna, CA), observed Corning's basketball team overcome Etna by a score of 51-43.

The Cardinals (2-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Paradise (Paradise, CA). The Bobcats come into the non-league challenge with a 3-2 record. In their last challenge, Paradise defeated Central Valley (Shasta Lake, CA), 46-31, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Lions battle the Central Valley Falcons (Shasta Lake, CA) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 13. Etna will attempt to improve on its 2-2 season record. The Falcons come into the challenge with a 2-3 record after their 69-27 non-league win over CORE Butte (Chico, CA).