The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Salinas Cowboys (Salinas, CA) and the host Antioch Panthers (Antioch, CA), observed Salinas's basketball team nip Antioch by a tally of 43-36.

The Cowboys now possess a 4-5 record. They play next when they travel to Menlo-Atherton for a non-league bout on Monday, December 30. Salinas will play a Bears team coming off a 58-33 non-league win over Fremont (Sunnyvale, CA). The Bears record now stands at 5-4.

With the loss, Antioch falls to 4-6 on the campaign. The Panthers travel to Delta (Clarksburg, CA) to play the Saints in a non-league bout on Thursday, January 2. The Saints go into the bout with a record of 8-5. Delta lost 52-35 in their recent league bout against Fortune Early College (Sacramento, CA)