The crowd at Wednesday's non-league challenge between the Midland Park Panthers (Midland Park, NJ) and the host Butler Bulldogs (Butler, NJ), observed Midland Park's basketball team edge Butler by a score of 57-51.

The Panthers (6-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Emerson (Emerson, NJ). The Cavaliers come into the Northwest Jersey - Patriot B challenge with a 7-3 record.

In their next game, the Bulldogs battle the Hawthorne Bears (Hawthorne, NJ) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 17. Butler will attempt to improve on its 2-7 season record. The Bears come into the challenge with a 5-5 record after their 55-29 non-league win over Waldwick (Waldwick, NJ).