The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Elmwood Park Crusaders (Elmwood Park, NJ) and the visiting Wood-Ridge Blue Devils (Wood-Ridge, NJ), observed Elmwood Park's basketball team knock off Wood-Ridge by a score of 69-61.

The Crusaders (2-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Hopatcong (Hopatcong, NJ). The Chiefs come into the non-league challenge with a 4-0 record. In their last challenge, Hopatcong prevailed over Parsippany Hills (Parsippany, NJ), 46-36, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Blue Devils encounter the Bergen Charter (Hackensack, NJ) in a North Jersey - Division 5 challenge, on Friday, January 3. Wood-Ridge will attempt to improve on its 1-4 season record. The come into the challenge with a 3-3 record after their 72-70 non-league loss to Emerson (Emerson, NJ).