The Red Land Patriots basketball team (Lewisberry, PA), was nudged 36-31 in Friday's league battle with the visiting Lower Dauphin Falcons (Hummelstown, PA)

The Falcons (2-2) will now prepare for their outing against Mechanicsburg (Mechanicsburg, PA). The Wildcats go into the Mid-Penn - Keystone outing with a 3-3 record. In their last outing, Mechanicsburg held off Cedar Cliff (Camp Hill, PA), 48-41, in a league outing.

The Patriots now hold a 2-3 record. They play next when they travel to Milton Hershey for a Mid-Penn - Keystone outing on Wednesday, December 21. Red Land will clash with a Spartans squad coming off a 71-56 league win over Mifflin County (Lewistown, PA). The Spartans record now stands at 4-0.