The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Bear Creek Bruins (Stockton, CA) and the host Union Mine Diamondbacks (El Dorado, CA), observed Bear Creek's basketball team overcome Union Mine by a margin of 64-46.

The Bruins (7-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Atwater (Atwater, CA). The Falcons come into the non-league challenge with a 12-1 record. In their last challenge, Atwater defeated West Park (Roseville, CA), 40-39, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Diamondbacks battle the West Park Panthers (Roseville, CA) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 27. Union Mine will attempt to better on its 1-10 season record. The Panthers come into the challenge with a 6-5 record after their 79-74 non-league loss to Roseville (Roseville, CA).