Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the El Diamante Miners (Visalia, CA) and the visiting Mt. Whitney Pioneers (Visalia, CA), saw El Diamante's basketball squad wallop Mt. Whitney by a tally of 50-27.

With the victory, El Diamante improves its record to 17-7 on the campaign. The Miners travel to Porterville (Porterville, CA) to confront the Panthers in a East Yosemite challenge on Wednesday, February 8. The Panthers come into the challenge with a record of 18-9. Porterville won 84-30 in their recent league challenge against Golden West (Visalia, CA)

Next up, the Pioneers confront the Monache Marauders (Porterville, CA) in a East Yosemite challenge, on Wednesday, February 8. Mt. Whitney will attempt to improve on its 9-13 season record. The Marauders come into the challenge with a 12-13 record after their 55-51 league loss to Redwood (Visalia, CA).