The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Exeter Monarchs (Exeter, CA) and the visiting Minarets Mustangs (O'Neals, CA), observed Exeter's basketball team edge Minarets by a margin of 52-45.

The Monarchs (10-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Sierra (Tollhouse, CA). The Chieftains come into the non-league challenge with a 6-2 record. In their last challenge, Sierra edged Farmersville (Farmersville, CA), 64-27, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Mustangs battle the Golden West Trailblazers (Visalia, CA) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, December 30. Minarets will attempt to better on its 8-3 season record.