The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Beverly Panthers (Beverly, MA) and the visiting Swampscott Big Blue (Swampscott, MA), observed Beverly's basketball team edge Swampscott by a score of 65-64.

The Panthers (10-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Marblehead (Marblehead, MA). The Magicians come into the non-league challenge with a 2-0 record.

In their next game, the Big Blue encounter the Saugus Sachems (Saugus, MA) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, February 4. Swampscott will attempt to improve on its 2-1 season record.