The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Ridgefield Park Scarlets (Ridgefield Park, NJ) and the visiting Becton Wildcats (East Rutherford, NJ), observed Ridgefield Park's basketball team edge Becton by a score of 46-41.

The Scarlets (4-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Lakeland Regional (Wanaque, NJ). The Lancers come into the non-league challenge with a 3-1 record. In their last challenge, Lakeland Regional edged North Arlington (North Arlington, NJ), 42-28, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Wildcats encounter the St. Mary Gaels (Rutherford, NJ) in a North Jersey - Meadowlands B challenge, on Friday, January 3. Becton will attempt to improve on its 3-4 season record. The Gaels come into the challenge with a 0-5 record after their 46-13 non-league loss to Villa Walsh Academy (Morristown, NJ).