The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Gardena Panthers (Gardena, CA) and the visiting Bernstein Dragons (Hollywood, CA), observed Gardena's basketball team knock off Bernstein by a score of 37-24.

The Panthers (4-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Dominguez (Compton, CA). The Dons come into the non-league challenge with a 10-0 record. In their last challenge, Dominguez prevailed over San Pedro (San Pedro, CA), 56-32, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Dragons encounter the San Pedro Pirates (San Pedro, CA) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, December 21. Bernstein will attempt to improve on its 6-9 season record. The Pirates come into the challenge with a 2-7 record after their 56-32 non-league loss to Dominguez (Compton, CA).