The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Venture Academy Mustangs (Stockton, CA) and the host Placer Hillmen (Auburn, CA), observed Venture Academy's basketball team edge Placer by a score of 45-42.

The Mustangs (3-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Ripon Christian (Ripon, CA). The Knights come into the non-league challenge with a 5-1 record. In their last challenge, Ripon Christian edged Riverbank (Riverbank, CA), 56-16, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Hillmen encounter the Chico Panthers (Chico, CA) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 2. Placer will attempt to improve on its 2-5 season record. The Panthers come into the challenge with a 11-0 record after their 56-41 non-league win over Gridley (Gridley, CA).