The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Ripon Christian Knights (Ripon, CA) and the visiting Escalon Cougars (Escalon, CA), observed Ripon Christian's basketball team overwhelm Escalon by a score of 53-28.

The Knights (19-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Tracy (Tracy, CA). The Bulldogs come into the non-league challenge with a 5-8 record. In their last challenge, Tracy was routed by Kimball (Tracy, CA), 44-43, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Cougars encounter the Ripon Indians (Ripon, CA) in a challenge, on Wednesday, February 12. Escalon will attempt to improve on its 14-12 season record. The Indians come into the challenge with a 8-15 record after their 44-42 league loss to Sonora (Sonora, CA).