The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Garfield Boilermakers (Garfield, NJ) and the host Eastern Christian Eagles (North Haledon, NJ), observed Garfield's basketball team overwhelm Eastern Christian by a margin of 52-30.

The Boilermakers (1-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Manchester Regional (Haledon, NJ). The Falcons come into the Bergen/Passaic - King challenge with a 0-1 record. In their last challenge, Manchester Regional was trounced by Weehawken (Weehawken, NJ), 61-49, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Eagles battle the Hawthorne Bears (Hawthorne, NJ) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, December 21. Eastern Christian will attempt to better on its 0-2 season record. The Bears come into the challenge with a 0-2 record after their 58-55 league loss to Manchester Regional (Haledon, NJ).