The crowd at Monday's league challenge between the Hendersonville Bearcats (Hendersonville, NC) and the visiting East Rutherford Cavaliers (Forest City, NC), observed Hendersonville's basketball team edge East Rutherford by a score of 54-47.

The Bearcats (13-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Patton (Morganton, NC). The Panthers come into the challenge with a 7-5 record. In their last challenge, Patton edged Chase (Forest City, NC), 46-33, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Cavaliers battle the Shelby Golden Lions (Shelby, NC) in a non-league challenge, on Wednesday, January 22. East Rutherford will attempt to improve on its 2-7 season record.