The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Ephrata Mountaineers (Ephrata, PA) and the visiting Palmyra Cougars (Palmyra, PA), observed Ephrata's basketball team edge Palmyra by a score of 48-45.

The Mountaineers (2-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Elizabethtown (Elizabethtown, PA). The Bears come into the Lancaster-Lebanon 2 challenge with a 0-1 record. In their last challenge, Elizabethtown was tipped by Lampeter-Strasburg (Lampeter, PA), 47-45, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Cougars meet the Cedar Cliff Colts (Camp Hill, PA) in a Mid-Penn - Keystone battle, on Wednesday, December 10. Palmyra will attempt to advance on its 0-1 season record. The Colts enter the battle with a 2-0 record after their 65-47 non-league win over Dover (Dover, PA).