The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Georgetown Royals (Georgetown, MA) and the host Newburyport Clippers (Newburyport, MA), observed Georgetown's basketball team overcome Newburyport by a score of 50-42.

The Royals (7-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Salem (Salem, MA). The Witches come into the non-league challenge with a 0-1 record.

In their next game, the Clippers battle the Essex North Shore Agric & Tech School Hawks (Hathorne, MA) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 24. Newburyport will attempt to improve on its 1-2 season record. The Hawks come into the challenge with a 4-5 record after their 50-36 non-league win over Rockport (Rockport, MA).