Fans at Friday's non-league challenge between the Bear Creek Bruins (Stockton, CA) and the visiting Lathrop Spartans (Lathrop, CA), saw Bear Creek's basketball squad knock off Lathrop by a count of 52-42.

With the victory, Bear Creek upgrades its record to 7-2 on the campaign. The Bruins travel to Tracy (Tracy, CA) to play the Bulldogs in a non-league challenge on Wednesday, December 27. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a record of 5-2. Tracy won 70-43 in their recent non-league challenge against Pitman (Turlock, CA)

Next up, the Spartans play the Ceres Bulldogs (Ceres, CA) in a challenge, on Wednesday, January 3. Lathrop will attempt to upgrade on its 1-6 season record.