The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the North East Grape Pickers (North East, PA) and the host Iroquois Braves (Erie, PA), observed North East's basketball team overwhelm Iroquois by a margin of 49-11.

The Grape Pickers (2-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Warren (Warren, PA). The Dragons come into the non-league challenge with a 3-2 record.

In their next game, the Braves battle the Jamestown Muskies (Jamestown, PA) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 2. Iroquois will attempt to better on its 0-5 season record.