The Manchester Flying Dutchmen (Manchester, MI) basketball edged the visiting Britton Deerfield Patriots (Britton, MI), 45-39 in Monday's non-league bout.

The Flying Dutchmen now possess a 1-2 record. They play next when they travel to Homer for a Cascades bout on Tuesday, December 17. Manchester will play a Trojans team coming off a 55-34 league loss to Columbia Central (Brooklyn, MI). The Trojans record now stands at 0-4.

The Patriots (0-5) will now prepare for their outing against Erie-Mason (Erie, MI). The Eagles enter the Tri-County outing with a 1-3 record. In their last outing, Erie-Mason got by Greenhills (Ann Arbor, MI), 50-38, in a non-league outing.