The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Franklin Panthers (Franklin, MA) and the visiting King Philip Regional Warriors (Wrentham, MA), observed Franklin's basketball team knock off King Philip Regional by a score of 56-42.

The Panthers (14-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Taunton (Taunton, MA). The Tigers come into the Hockomock challenge with a 8-6 record. In their last challenge, Taunton was knocked off by Attleboro (Attleboro, MA), 68-56, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Warriors encounter the Sharon Eagles (Sharon, MA) in a Hockomock battle, on Tuesday, February 4. King Philip Regional will attempt to advance on its 7-9 season record. The Eagles enter the battle with a 2-10 record after their 71-60 league loss to Milford (Milford, MA).