The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Haddam-Killingworth Cougars (Higganum, CT) and the host Cromwell Panthers (Cromwell, CT), observed Haddam-Killingworth's basketball team edge Cromwell by a tally of 41-40.

The Cougars now possess a 1-0 record. They play next when they host East Hampton for a Shoreline bout on Saturday, December 28. Haddam-Killingworth will play a Bellringers team coming off a 42-36 league loss to Cromwell (Cromwell, CT). The Bellringers record now stands at 1-1.

With the loss, Cromwell falls to 1-1 on the campaign. The Panthers host Newtown (Newtown, CT) to play the Nighthawks in a non-league bout on Friday, December 20. The Nighthawks go into the bout with a record of 0-1. Newtown lost 37-33 in their recent non-league bout against East Lyme (East Lyme, CT)