Fans at Friday's non-league challenge between the Wallkill Valley Rangers (Hamburg, NJ) and the visiting Newton Braves (Newton, NJ), saw Wallkill Valley's basketball squad overcome Newton by a tally of 50-42.

With the victory, Wallkill Valley improves its record to 2-6 on the campaign. The Rangers travel to North Warren Regional (Blairstown, NJ) to confront the Patriots in a Northwest Jersey - Freedom challenge on Tuesday, January 9. The Patriots come into the contest with a record of 2-8. North Warren Regional lost 59-35 in their recent non-league contest against Bernards (Bernardsville, NJ)

The Braves (8-2) will now prepare for their contest against Lenape Valley (Stanhope, NJ). The Patriots come into the non-league contest with a 7-2 record. In their last contest, Lenape Valley prevailed over Roxbury (Succasunna, NJ), 41-30, in a non-league contest.