The Rancho Alamitos Vaqueros will square off against the Orange Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Rancho Alamitos has given up an average of 54.7 points per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last four times Rancho Alamitos and La Quinta have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Monday. The Vaqueros fell 65-55 to the Aztecs.

Jden Siquig
| 01/26/26 @ La Quinta | 31 |
| 12/27/25 vs Santa Ana | 29 |
| 01/13/26 vs Ambassador | 23 |
| 01/06/26 @ Saddleback | 19 |
| 01/09/26 vs La Quinta | 18 |
| + 6 more games |
Rancho Alamitos might have lost, but man, Jden Siquig was a machine: he posted 31 points. The Vaqueros are 2-1 when Siquig posts 20 or more points, but 8-15 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Osvaldo Ramos, who scored 12 points.
Meanwhile, Orange was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They were two points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 48-46 heartbreaker at the hands of La Quinta. While the Panthers didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Aztecs 14-5 in the first quarter.
Rancho Alamitos' loss dropped their record down to 10-16. As for Orange, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-20.
Rancho Alamitos came out on top in a nail-biter against Orange in their previous meeting two weeks ago, sneaking past 45-42. Will the Vaqueros repeat their success, or do the Panthers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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