The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Barringer Blue Bears (Newark, NJ) and the host Verona Hillbillies (Verona, NJ), observed Barringer's basketball team edge Verona by a margin of 42-36.

The Blue Bears (3-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Tech (Newark, NJ). The Panthers come into the non-league challenge with a 3-8 record. In their last challenge, Tech was tipped by Weequahic (Newark, NJ), 52-51, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Hillbillies battle the Weequahic Indians (Newark, NJ) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 25. Verona will attempt to better on its 8-4 season record. The Indians come into the challenge with a 8-7 record after their 52-51 league win over Tech (Newark, NJ).