The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Slippery Rock Rockets (Slippery Rock, PA) and the visiting Cranberry Area Berries (Seneca, PA), observed Slippery Rock's basketball team edge Cranberry Area by a score of 65-61.

The Rockets (5-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Greenville (Greenville, PA). The Trojans come into the District 10 Region 4 challenge with a 3-4 record. In their last challenge, Greenville was tipped by Sharon (Sharon, PA), 75-36, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Berries encounter the North Clarion Wolves (Tionesta, PA) in a Keystone Shortway challenge, on Friday, January 3. Cranberry Area will attempt to improve on its 6-3 season record. The Wolves come into the challenge with a 4-3 record after their 50-41 league win over Allegheny-Clarion Valley (Foxburg, PA).