Fans at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Half Hollow Hills East Thunderbirds (Dix Hills, NY) and the visiting Deer Park Falcons (Deer Park, NY), saw Half Hollow Hills East's basketball squad knock off Deer Park by a tally of 61-44.

With the victory, Half Hollow Hills East improves its record to 9-2 on the campaign. The Thunderbirds travel to Smithtown West (Smithtown, NY) to play the in a non-league challenge on Saturday, March 2. The come into the challenge with a record of 10-0. Smithtown West won 74-47 in their recent non-league challenge against Smithtown East (Smithtown, NY)