The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Laconia Sachems (Laconia, NH) and the visiting Plymouth Bobcats (Plymouth, NH), observed Laconia's basketball team knock off Plymouth by a score of 53-36.

The Sachems (3-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Coe-Brown Academy (Northwood, NH). The Bears come into the Division II challenge with a 7-3 record. In their last challenge, Coe-Brown Academy prevailed over Timberlane (Plaistow, NH), 59-54, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Bobcats encounter the Oyster River Bobcats (Durham, NH) in a Division II challenge, on Tuesday, January 28. Plymouth will attempt to improve on its 0-11 season record. The Bobcats come into the challenge with a 8-3 record after their 57-26 league loss to Milford (Milford, NH).