The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Simi Valley Pioneers (Simi Valley, CA) and the visiting Santa Clarita Christian Cardinals (Canyon Country, CA), observed Simi Valley's basketball team knock off Santa Clarita Christian by a score of 51-40.

The Pioneers (3-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Maranatha (Pasadena, CA). The Minutemen come into the non-league challenge with a 2-4 record. In their last challenge, Maranatha prevailed over Trinity Classical Academy (Valencia, CA), 48-44, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Cardinals battle the Trinity Classical Academy Knights (Valencia, CA) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 6. Santa Clarita Christian will attempt to improve on its 3-2 season record. The Knights come into the challenge with a 3-1 record after their 70-8 non-league win over Palmdale Academy Charter School (Palmdale, CA).