Fans at Friday's league challenge between the Peabody Veterans Memorial Tanners (Peabody, MA) and the host Beverly Panthers (Beverly, MA), saw Peabody Veterans Memorial's basketball squad overcome Beverly by a tally of 71-57.

With the victory, Peabody Veterans Memorial improves its record to 2-0 on the campaign. The Tanners host Bishop Fenwick (Peabody, MA) to confront the Crusaders in a non-league challenge on Sunday, December 17. The Crusaders come into the challenge with a record of 2-1. Bishop Fenwick lost 66-51 in their recent league challenge against Archbishop Williams (Braintree, MA)

Next up, the Panthers confront the Georgetown Royals (Georgetown, MA) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 22. Beverly will attempt to improve on its 0-2 season record.