The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Hopewell Valley Central Bulldogs (Pennington, NJ) and the visiting Franklin Warriors (Somerset, NJ), observed Hopewell Valley Central's basketball team knock off Franklin by a score of 43-31.

In their next game, the Warriors encounter the Ridge Red Devil (Basking Ridge, NJ) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, February 18. Franklin will attempt to improve on its 6-17 season record. The Red Devil come into the challenge with a 18-5 record after their 56-45 non-league loss to Gill St. Bernard's (Gladstone, NJ).