The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Bishop Fenwick Crusaders (Peabody, MA) and the visiting Cardinal Spellman Cardinals (Brockton, MA), observed Bishop Fenwick's basketball team edge Cardinal Spellman by a score of 63-57.

The Crusaders (3-5) will now prepare for their challenge against St. Mary's (Lynn, MA). The Spartans come into the Catholic Central - Large challenge with a 12-1 record. In their last challenge, St. Mary's edged Everett (Everett, MA), 63-54, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Cardinals battle the Wareham Vikings (Wareham, MA) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Cardinal Spellman will attempt to improve on its 2-9 season record.