The Verona Hillbillies (Verona, NJ) basketball nipped the visiting Caldwell Chiefs (West Caldwell, NJ), 37-32 in Thursday's league test.

The Hillbillies (3-2) will now prepare for their test against Newark Tech (Newark, NJ). The Terries go into the non-league test with a 1-1 record. In their last test, Newark Tech was tipped by East Side (Newark, NJ), 48-30, in a non-league test.

The Chiefs now own a 0-2 record. They play next when they host Columbia for a non-league test on Tuesday, January 3. Caldwell will encounter a Cougars squad coming off a 50-34 non-league loss to Pequannock (Pompton Plains, NJ). The Cougars record now stands at 3-3.