In Friday's league outing, the Manchester Essex Hornets (Manchester, MA) basketball squad nipped the visiting Georgetown Royals (Georgetown, MA), by a margin of 65-58.

The Hornets (8-1) will now prepare for their outing against Triton Regional (Byfield, MA). The Vikings go into the non-league outing with a 4-4 record. In their last outing, Triton Regional got by Lynnfield (Lynnfield, MA), 46-37, in a league outing.

The Royals now own a 6-2 record. They play next when they travel to Newburyport for a non-league outing on Monday, January 16. Georgetown will encounter a Clippers squad coming off a 65-50 league win over Hamilton-Wenham Regional (South Hamilton, MA). The Clippers record now stands at 4-3.