The crowd at Wednesday's league challenge between the Escalon Cougars (Escalon, CA) and the visiting Ripon Indians (Ripon, CA), observed Escalon's basketball team overcome Ripon by a margin of 50-40.

The Cougars (15-12) will now prepare for their challenge against Orestimba (Newman, CA). The Warriors come into the challenge with a 4-16 record. In their last challenge, Orestimba dropped by Ripon Christian (Ripon, CA), 51-28, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Indians battle the Hilmar Yellowjackets (Hilmar, CA) in a challenge, on Friday, February 14. Ripon will attempt to better on its 8-16 season record. The Yellowjackets come into the challenge with a 12-7 record after their 42-16 league win over Hughson (Hughson, CA).