The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Point Arena Pirates (Point Arena, CA) and the host Mendocino Cardinals (Mendocino, CA), observed Point Arena's basketball team knock off Mendocino by a score of 56-47.

The Pirates (5-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Laytonville (Laytonville, CA). The Warriors come into the North Central III challenge with a 0-4 record. In their last challenge, Laytonville dropped by Cloverdale (Cloverdale, CA), 62-36, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Cardinals encounter the Anderson Valley Panthers (Boonville, CA) in a North Central III challenge, on Tuesday, December 10. Mendocino will attempt to improve on its 3-2 season record. The Panthers come into the challenge with a 2-4 record after their 60-57 non-league win over Willits (Willits, CA).