The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the El Modena Vanguards (Orange, CA) and the visiting Orange Panthers (Orange, CA), observed El Modena's basketball team edge Orange by a score of 41-37.

The Vanguards (5-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Katella (Anaheim, CA). The Knights go into the non-league bout with a 3-5 record. In their last bout, Katella was edged by Tustin (Tustin, CA), 57-49, in a non-league bout.

With the loss, Orange falls to 1-9 on the campaign. The Panthers host Corona (Corona, CA) to play the Panthers in a non-league bout on Monday, December 16. The Panthers go into the bout with a record of 7-5. Corona won 66-52 in their recent non-league bout against Sultana (Hesperia, CA)