The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Hackettstown Tigers (Hackettstown, NJ) and the visiting Lenape Valley Patriots (Stanhope, NJ), observed Hackettstown's basketball team overwhelm Lenape Valley by a score of 56-33.

The Tigers (4-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Vernon (Vernon, NJ). The Vikings come into the non-league challenge with a 3-4 record. In their last challenge, Vernon was routed by Delbarton (Morristown, NJ), 60-39, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Patriots encounter the Kittatinny Regional Cougars (Newton, NJ) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 4. Lenape Valley will attempt to improve on its 2-4 season record.