The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Hillsboro-Deering Hillcats (Hillsboro, NH) and the visiting Raymond Rams (Raymond, NH), observed Hillsboro-Deering's basketball team edge Raymond by a score of 30-28.

The Hillcats (2-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Fall Mountain (Langdon, NH). The Wildcats come into the Division III challenge with a 4-0 record. In their last challenge, Fall Mountain edged Kearsarge (North Sutton, NH), 43-16, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Rams encounter the Epping Blue Devils (Epping, NH) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. Raymond will attempt to improve on its 1-3 season record. The Blue Devils come into the challenge with a 0-5 record after their 29-11 league loss to Hinsdale (Hinsdale, NH).