The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Xaverian Brothers Hawks (Westwood, MA) and the visiting Needham Rockets (Needham, MA), observed Xaverian Brothers's basketball team knock off Needham by a score of 44-33.

The Hawks (2-0) will now prepare for their challenge against King Philip Regional (Wrentham, MA). The Warriors come into the non-league challenge with a 0-0 record.

In their next game, the Rockets encounter the Wakefield Memorial Warriors (Wakefield, MA) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, December 30. Needham will attempt to improve on its 0-1 season record.