The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the East Bakersfield Blades (Bakersfield, CA) and the host Highland Scots (Bakersfield, CA), observed East Bakersfield's basketball team edge Highland by a margin of 30-23.

The Blades (5-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Independence (Bakersfield, CA). The Falcons come into the non-league challenge with a 6-2 record. In their last challenge, Independence edged Wasco (Wasco, CA), 38-20, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Scots battle the Lindsay Cardinals (Lindsay, CA) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, December 12. Highland will attempt to better on its 2-4 season record. The Cardinals come into the challenge with a 0-2 record after their 39-24 non-league loss to Ridgeview (Bakersfield, CA).