The crowd at Wednesday's league challenge between the Carmel Padres (Carmel, CA) and the host Salinas Cowboys (Salinas, CA), observed Carmel's basketball team overwhelm Salinas by a margin of 70-46.

The Padres (16-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Everett Alvarez (Salinas, CA). The Eagles come into the PCAL - Gabilan challenge with a 6-17 record. In their last challenge, Everett Alvarez was trounced by Alisal (Salinas, CA), 70-50, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Cowboys battle the Pacific Grove Breakers (Pacific Grove, CA) in a PCAL - Gabilan challenge, on Friday, February 14. Salinas will attempt to better on its 3-20 season record. The Breakers come into the challenge with a 11-11 record after their 61-50 league loss to Palma (Salinas, CA).