The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Doherty Memorial Highlanders (Worcester, MA) and the visiting Leominster Blue Devils (Leominster, MA), observed Doherty Memorial's basketball team knock off Leominster by a score of 82-62.

The Highlanders (3-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Wellesley (Wellesley, MA). The Raiders come into the non-league challenge with a 0-3 record. In their last challenge, Wellesley dropped by Brookline (Brookline, MA), 52-31, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Blue Devils battle the Fitchburg Red Raiders (Fitchburg, MA) in a Midland-Wachusett A challenge, on Monday, January 6. Leominster will attempt to improve on its 1-2 season record.