The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Gardena Panthers (Gardena, CA) and the visiting Valley Christian Defenders (Cerritos, CA), witnessed Gardena's basketball squad hold off Valley Christian by a count of 54-51.

With the victory, Gardena advances its record to 2-5 on the year. The Panthers travel to El Segundo (El Segundo, CA) to meet the Eagles in a non-league battle on Saturday, December 6. The Eagles enter the battle with a record of 2-6. El Segundo won 70-31 in their recent non-league battle against Lynwood (Lynwood, CA)

The Defenders now own a 3-4 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Lynwood for a non-league challenge on Saturday, December 6. Valley Christian will battle a Knights team coming off a 70-31 non-league loss to El Segundo (El Segundo, CA). The Knights record now stands at 1-6.