The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Easton Bears (Easton, ME) and the visiting Ashland Hornets (Ashland, ME), observed Easton's basketball team overwhelm Ashland by a score of 87-18.

The Bears (4-1) will now prepare for their challenge against East Grand (Dansforth, ME). The Vikings come into the D North challenge with a 1-3 record. In their last challenge, East Grand trounced Ashland (Ashland, ME), 48-32, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Hornets encounter the Southern Aroostook Warriors (Dyer Brook, ME) in a D North challenge, on Monday, December 23. Ashland will attempt to improve on its 0-6 season record. The Warriors come into the challenge with a 2-2 record after their 63-55 league win over Washburn (Washburn, ME).