The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Hawthorne Valley Wildcats (Ghent, NY) and the host Germantown Clippers (Germantown, NY), observed Hawthorne Valley's basketball team overwhelm Germantown by a score of 70-41.

The Wildcats (5-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Hartford Central (Hartford, NY). The Tanagers come into the non-league challenge with a 4-3 record. In their last challenge, Hartford Central trounced Warrensburg (Warrensburg, NY), 60-34, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Clippers battle the Chatham Panthers (Chatham, NY) in a Section 2 Patroon challenge, on Tuesday, January 14. Germantown will attempt to improve on its 0-7 season record. The Panthers come into the challenge with a 0-6 record after their 79-29 league loss to Catskill (Catskill, NY).