Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the North Star Academy (Newark, NJ) and the visiting Arts Jaguars (Newark, NJ), saw North Star Academy's basketball squad wallop Arts by a tally of 61-22.

With the victory, North Star Academy improves its record to 1-0 on the campaign. The travel to Science Park (Newark, NJ) to confront the Chargers in a Super Essex - Freedom challenge on Saturday, December 16. The Chargers come into the challenge with a record of 1-0. Science Park won 51-31 in their recent non-league challenge against Newark Collegiate Academy (Newark, NJ)

The Jaguars now own a 0-1 record. They play next when they host St. Vincent Academy for a non-league outing on Friday, January 5.