The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the KIPP Academy Lynn Collegiate Panthers (Lynn, MA) and the visiting Lynn Vo-Tech Tigers (Lynn, MA), observed KIPP Academy Lynn Collegiate's basketball team edge Lynn Vo-Tech by a score of 69-62.

The Panthers (2-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Lowell Catholic (Lowell, MA). The Crusaders come into the Commonwealth - Upper challenge with a 3-3 record. In their last challenge, Lowell Catholic was tipped by Shawsheen Valley Tech (Billerica, MA), 61-52, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Tigers encounter the Greater Lowell Tech Gryphons (Tyngsborough, MA) in a Commonwealth - Upper challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. Lynn Vo-Tech will attempt to improve on its 1-5 season record.