The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Arlington Lions (Riverside, CA) and the host Hillcrest Trojans (Riverside, CA), observed Arlington's basketball team knock off Hillcrest by a score of 54-42.

The Lions (6-6) will now prepare for their challenge against San Clemente (San Clemente, CA). The Tritons come into the non-league challenge with a 11-4 record. In their last challenge, San Clemente dropped by Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos, CA), 63-48, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Trojans encounter the Patriot Warriors (Jurupa Valley, CA) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 20. Hillcrest will attempt to improve on its 12-2 season record. The Warriors come into the challenge with a 6-8 record after their 73-55 non-league loss to Citrus Hill (Perris, CA).