The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Hesperia Scorpions (Hesperia, CA) and the host Murrieta Valley Nighthawks (Murrieta, CA), observed Hesperia's basketball team overcome Murrieta Valley by a score of 71-60.

The Scorpions (5-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Norco (Norco, CA). The Cougars come into the non-league challenge with a 4-5 record. In their last challenge, Norco dropped by Great Oak (Temecula, CA), 57-49, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Nighthawks battle the Roosevelt Mustangs (Eastvale, CA) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 13. Murrieta Valley will attempt to improve on its 2-1 season record. The Mustangs come into the challenge with a 11-0 record after their 87-66 non-league win over Hesperia (Hesperia, CA).