The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Central Regional Golden Eagles (Bayville, NJ) and the visiting Manchester Township Hawks (Lakehurst, NJ), observed Central Regional's basketball team knock off Manchester Township by a score of 66-58.

The Golden Eagles (5-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Red Bank Regional (Little Silver, NJ). The Bucs come into the non-league challenge with a 9-0 record. In their last challenge, Red Bank Regional prevailed over St. John-Vianney (Holmdel, NJ), 61-42, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Hawks battle the Donovan Catholic Griffins (Toms River, NJ) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 13. Manchester Township will attempt to improve on its 1-6 season record. The Griffins come into the challenge with a 4-7 record after their 63-54 non-league win over Southern Regional (Manahawkin, NJ).