In Friday's non-league contest, the host Caldwell Chiefs basketball team scored a big 74-45 triumph over the Cedar Grove Panthers.

The Chiefs (4-0) will now prepare for their contest against Newark Central (Newark, NJ). The Blue Devils go into the non-league contest with a 0-2 record. In their last contest, Newark Central was trounced by West Side (Newark, NJ), 70-69, in a non-league contest.

In their next game, the Panthers battle the Newark Vocational Eagles (Newark, NJ) in a non-league contest, on Friday, January 3. Cedar Grove will attempt to better on its 2-2 season record. The Eagles go into the contest with a 0-3 record after their 74-48 league loss to Marion P. Thomas (Newark, NJ).