The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Chowchilla Tribe (Chowchilla, CA) and the visiting Downey Knights (Modesto, CA), observed Chowchilla's basketball team edge Downey by a margin of 45-39.

The Tribe (7-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Livingston (Livingston, CA). The Wolves come into the non-league challenge with a 2-3 record. In their last challenge, Livingston edged Hilmar (Hilmar, CA), 56-44, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Knights battle the Hilmar Yellowjackets (Hilmar, CA) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 27. Downey will attempt to better on its 1-8 season record. The Yellowjackets come into the challenge with a 5-5 record after their 44-43 non-league loss to Patterson (Patterson, CA).