The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Lynn English Bulldogs (Lynn, MA) and the host Malden Golden Tornados (Malden, MA), observed Lynn English's basketball team edge Malden by a score of 61-55.

The Bulldogs (6-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Somerville (Somerville, MA). The Highlanders come into the Greater Boston challenge with a 5-3 record. In their last challenge, Somerville edged Lynn Classical (Lynn, MA), 45-22, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Golden Tornados encounter the Medford Mustangs (Medford, MA) in a Greater Boston challenge, on Tuesday, January 28. Malden will attempt to improve on its 2-6 season record. The Mustangs come into the challenge with a 7-3 record after their 42-31 non-league win over Lowell Catholic (Lowell, MA).