The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Heritage Patriots (Brentwood, CA) and the host Escalon Cougars (Escalon, CA), observed Heritage's basketball team overwhelm Escalon by a score of 53-20.

The Patriots (8-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Ripon Christian (Ripon, CA). The Knights come into the non-league challenge with a 6-1 record. In their last challenge, Ripon Christian trounced Venture Academy (Stockton, CA), 53-23, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Cougars encounter the Enochs Eagles (Modesto, CA) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, December 28. Escalon will attempt to improve on its 5-8 season record.