The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Portland Bulldogs (Portland, ME) and the visiting Bangor Rams (Bangor, ME), observed Portland's basketball team edge Bangor by a margin of 49-46.

The Bulldogs (4-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Deering (Portland, ME). The Rams come into the non-league challenge with a 4-6 record. In their last challenge, Deering edged Sanford (Sanford, ME), 76-56, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Rams battle the Hampden Broncos (Hampden, ME) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 11. Bangor will attempt to better on its 1-9 season record. The Broncos come into the challenge with a 7-3 record after their 45-36 league loss to Messalonskee (Oakland, ME).