The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Beverly Panthers (Beverly, MA) and the visiting Peabody Veterans Memorial Tanners (Peabody, MA), observed Beverly's basketball team overwhelm Peabody Veterans Memorial by a score of 74-45.

The Panthers (7-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Saugus (Saugus, MA). The Sachems come into the non-league challenge with a 3-4 record.

With the loss, Peabody Veterans Memorial falls to 5-4 on the campaign. The Tanners host Masconomet Regional (Boxford, MA) to play the Chieftains in a Northeastern - Large bout on Friday, January 24. The Chieftains go into the bout with a record of 8-0.