The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Peabody Veterans Memorial Tanners (Peabody, MA) and the visiting Winthrop Vikings (Winthrop, MA), observed Peabody Veterans Memorial's basketball team overwhelm Winthrop by a margin of 54-30.

The Tanners (4-3) will now prepare for their challenge against KIPP Academy Lynn Collegiate (Lynn, MA). The Panthers come into the non-league challenge with a 4-2 record. In their last challenge, KIPP Academy Lynn Collegiate trounced Lowell Catholic (Lowell, MA), 81-54, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Vikings battle the Waynflete Flyers (Portland, ME) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 10. Winthrop will attempt to better on its 2-9 season record. The Flyers come into the challenge with a 5-4 record after their 72-61 non-league loss to Cape Elizabeth (Cape Elizabeth, ME).