The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Hoover Cardinals (San Diego, CA) and the visiting San Dieguito Academy Mustangs (Encinitas, CA), observed Hoover's basketball team edge San Dieguito Academy by a margin of 47-42.

The Cardinals (6-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Otay Ranch (Chula Vista, CA). The Mustangs come into the non-league challenge with a 4-3 record. In their last challenge, Otay Ranch edged Preuss UCSD (La Jolla, CA), 71-22, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Mustangs battle the Crawford Colts (San Diego, CA) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 27. San Dieguito Academy will attempt to better on its 1-7 season record. The Colts come into the challenge with a 6-1 record after their 62-53 non-league loss to Coronado (Coronado, CA).