The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Calexico Bulldogs (Calexico, CA) and the host Shadow Hills Knights (Indio, CA), observed Calexico's basketball team edge Shadow Hills by a score of 42-40.

The Bulldogs (5-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Imperial (Imperial, CA). The Tigers come into the non-league challenge with a 0-1 record. In their last challenge, Imperial was tipped by Central (El Centro, CA), 41-34, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Knights encounter the Holtville Vikings (Holtville, CA) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 20. Shadow Hills will attempt to improve on its 1-5 season record. The Vikings come into the challenge with a 0-1 record after their 53-25 non-league loss to Central (El Centro, CA).