The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the East Hampton Bellringers (East Hampton, CT) and the visiting Hale Ray Noises (Moodus, CT), observed East Hampton's basketball team edge Hale Ray by a score of 55-50.

The Bellringers (4-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Haddam-Killingworth (Higganum, CT). The Cougars come into the Shoreline challenge with a 2-5 record. In their last challenge, Haddam-Killingworth was tipped by Old Lyme (Old Lyme, CT), 50-44, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Noises encounter the Putnam Clippers (Putnam, CT) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 20. Hale Ray will attempt to improve on its 2-6 season record. The Clippers come into the challenge with a 3-6 record after their 71-49 non-league loss to Tourtellotte Memorial (North Grosvenordale, CT).