The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Pine Bush Bushmen (Pine Bush, NY) and the visiting Middletown Middie Bears (Middletown, NY), observed Pine Bush's basketball team edge Middletown by a score of 30-28.

The Bushmen (7-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Newburgh Free Academy (Newburgh, NY). The Goldbacks come into the non-league challenge with a 1-4 record. In their last challenge, Newburgh Free Academy was tipped by Beacon (Beacon, NY), 36-33, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Middie Bears encounter the Monticello Panthers (Monticello, NY) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 27. Middletown will attempt to improve on its 2-5 season record.