The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Avenal Buccaneers (Avenal, CA) and the visiting Tranquillity Tigers (Tranquillity, CA), observed Avenal's basketball team knock off Tranquillity by a score of 40-27.

The Buccaneers (5-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Chowchilla (Chowchilla, CA). The Tribe come into the non-league challenge with a 6-4 record. In their last challenge, Chowchilla was knocked off by Mendota (Mendota, CA), 49-43, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Tigers encounter the Alpaugh Buffalos (Alpaugh, CA) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, December 16. Tranquillity will attempt to improve on its 2-9 season record. The Buffalos come into the challenge with a 1-6 record after their 39-17 non-league loss to Riverdale (Riverdale, CA).