Cops trumped firefighters Sunday night in the second annual Battle of the Badges benefit basketball game at Lehighton High School.

With a 51-42 victory, it's the second consecutive year the "police" team, made up of officers from the Lehighton area, bested its emergency services counterparts.The win earned them the "Mayor's Cup" trophy, presented by Lehighton Mayor Tom Mase.Proceeds from the game will go toward the Lehighton 150 Celebration in the summer of 2016.A final tally from Sunday's event is still being calculated, but Autumn Abelovsky, secretary of the Lehighton 150 Celebration committee, called the night a success."We had a great crowd, more people than last year, and every little bit helps with our fundraising efforts," she said. "More and more people are talking about this basketball game and the first responders intend to keep it going even after the Sesquicentennial."The game itself had its ebbs and flows with the police department leading pretty much from start to finish.Area fire personnel found it hard to contain the police team's size led by six-foot six-inch tall Jason Doll, of the Franklin Township Police Department.Mike Svetik, of the Lehighton Police Department, found the officiating to be questionable, arguing calls on multiple occasions, though all in good fun."This is a great thing for us to do especially with everything in the news these days about the negative stereotypes cast on police," Svetik said. "It's a great feeling to come out and show we're just like everyone else, here to have a good time and support a great cause."Tux, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguin, entertained the crowd with his antics and even joined the game on a few occasion.At halftime, Tux voluntarily joined the winning Tug-of-War team."It was really an entertaining evening," said Phyllis Evans, of Lehighton, who said she loves her community and wanted to support the anniversary celebration. "You can see Lehighton has a very tight-knit group of folks who care deeply about the town."Battle of the Badges is so popular among first responders that they have suggested to Abelovsky they would like to play other sports in the future."We're thinking about volleyball and a few other activities," she said. "As far as a fundraiser goes, this is out most successful event. It shows the community wants to get out and support our first responders. It also shows those guys really care to take time off work and their free time to come out and play this game."Last year's event raised over $2,500, but also included a Chinese auction.This year's proceeds will come from ticket sales, concession sales, t-shirt sales and a 50/50 drawing."The goal for the committee is to raise $55,000 for the celebration and with this event, we should be close to $30,000," Abelovsky said.The police team included Svetik, Doll, Tyler Meek, Corey Frey, Brian Biechy, Gabe Schozda, Joel Gulla, Jeff Frace, Matt Arner, Bob Defuso, Scott Prebosnyak, Amy Barclay and John Vilanueva.The fire team included Doug Nothstein, Martin Spezialetti, Ryan Edwish, Tucker Haberman, Justin Markell, Brandon Anthony, Joseph Kozero, Zachary Haberman, Jacob Schlener and Ian Shupp.