The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the West Seneca West Warhawks (West Seneca, NY) and the host Kennedy Bears (Cheektowaga, NY), observed West Seneca West's basketball team overcome Kennedy by a margin of 61-48.

The Warhawks (1-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Frontier (Hamburg, NY). The Falcons enter the non-league match with a 1-0 record. In their last match, Frontier thwarted Salamanca (Salamanca, NY), 57-52, in a non-league match.

The Bears now own a 0-1 record. They put it on the line next when they host Global Concepts for a Section 6 Erie County V contest on Wednesday, January 7.