The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Salinas Cowboys (Salinas, CA) and the visiting Palma Chieftains (Salinas, CA), observed Salinas's basketball team knock off Palma by a score of 53-36.

The Cowboys (20-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Carmel (Carmel, CA). The Padres come into the challenge with a 2-7 record. In their last challenge, Carmel prevailed over Alisal (Salinas, CA), 52-42, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Chieftains encounter the Pacific Grove Breakers (Pacific Grove, CA) in a challenge, on Wednesday, February 12. Palma will attempt to improve on its 18-5 season record.