The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Midland Park Panthers (Midland Park, NJ) and the visiting Leonia Lions (Leonia, NJ), observed Midland Park's basketball team edge Leonia by a margin of 87-84.

The Panthers (2-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Waldwick (Waldwick, NJ). The Warriors come into the Northwest Jersey - Patriot B challenge with a 1-1 record. In their last challenge, Waldwick was tipped by Ridgefield Memorial (Ridgefield, NJ), 65-60, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Lions battle the Bogota Buccaneers (Bogota, NJ) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, December 21. Leonia will attempt to better on its 1-1 season record. The Buccaneers come into the challenge with a 1-1 record after their 69-48 league loss to Emerson (Emerson, NJ).