In Thursday's non-league outing, the The Palmdale Aerospace Academy Griffins (Palmdale, CA) basketball squad beat the visiting Castaic Coyotes (Castaic, CA), by a count of 40-26.

The Griffins (2-3) will now prepare for their outing against Desert Christian (Lancaster, CA). The Knights go into the Heritage outing with a 3-5 record. In their last outing, Desert Christian was topped by Faith Baptist (Canoga Park, CA), 42-31, in a league outing.

The Coyotes now hold a 0-5 record. They play next when they host Hart for a Foothill outing on Friday, December 9. Castaic will clash with a Indians squad coming off a 52-42 league win over Saugus (Saugus, CA). The Indians record now stands at 8-0.