Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Northern Highlands Highlanders (Allendale, NJ) and the visiting Ridgewood Maroons (Ridgewood, NJ), saw Northern Highlands's basketball squad overcome Ridgewood by a tally of 55-43.

With the victory, Northern Highlands improves its record to 14-5 on the campaign. The Highlanders travel to Tenafly (Tenafly, NJ) to confront the Tigers in a non-league challenge on Saturday, February 3. The Tigers come into the challenge with a record of 11-6. Tenafly won 47-41 in their recent league challenge against Pascack Valley (Hillsdale, NJ)

Next up, the Maroons confront the Ramapo Raiders (Franklin Lakes, NJ) in a Big North - National challenge, on Tuesday, February 6. Ridgewood will attempt to improve on its 14-5 season record. The Raiders come into the challenge with a 15-7 record after their 56-49 non-league win over NV - Demarest (Demarest, NJ).