The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Pompton Lakes Cardinals (Pompton Lakes, NJ) and the host Bogota Buccaneers (Bogota, NJ), observed Pompton Lakes's basketball team knock off Bogota by a score of 46-28.

The Cardinals (5-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Eastern Christian (North Haledon, NJ). The Eagles come into the Northwest Jersey - Colonial challenge with a 4-0 record. In their last challenge, Eastern Christian prevailed over Manchester Regional (Haledon, NJ), 48-19, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Buccaneers battle the New Milford Knights (New Milford, NJ) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 3. Bogota will attempt to improve on its 0-5 season record. The Knights come into the challenge with a 1-3 record after their 55-33 non-league loss to Paramus (Paramus, NJ).