The crowd at Saturday's league challenge between the Marshwood Hawks (South Berwick, ME) and the host Deering Rams (Portland, ME), observed Marshwood's basketball team knock off Deering by a score of 55-41.

The Hawks (8-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Windham (Windham, ME). The Eagles come into the non-league challenge with a 4-4 record.

In their next game, the Rams battle the Mt. Ararat Eagles (Topsham, ME) in a A South challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. Deering will attempt to improve on its 1-7 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 5-2 record after their 57-53 non-league loss to Cony (Augusta, ME).