The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Mahwah Thunderbirds (Mahwah, NJ) and the visiting River Dell Golden Hawks (Oradell, NJ), observed Mahwah's basketball team edge River Dell by a score of 74-70.

The Thunderbirds (6-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Indian Hills (Oakland, NJ). The Braves come into the non-league challenge with a 1-5 record.

In their next game, the Golden Hawks battle the West Essex Knights (North Caldwell, NJ) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 18. River Dell will attempt to improve on its 4-6 season record. The Knights come into the challenge with a 3-4 record after their 56-53 non-league loss to Orange (Orange, NJ).