The Middletown Middie Bears basketball squad (Middletown, NY), was nudged 54-50 in Tuesday's league battle with the visiting Pine Bush Bushmen (Pine Bush, NY)

With the victory, Pine Bush advances its record to 2-3 on the year. The Bushmen host Monroe-Woodbury (Central Valley, NY) to meet the Crusaders in a Section 9 Orange County I battle on Friday, December 20. The Crusaders enter the battle with a record of 2-4. Monroe-Woodbury lost 53-42 in their recent league battle against Kingston (Kingston, NY)

The Middie Bears now own a 1-3 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Newburgh Free Academy for a Section 9 Orange County I battle on Friday, December 20. Middletown will meet a Goldbacks squad coming off a 57-47 non-league loss to North Rockland (Thiells, NY). The Goldbacks record now stands at 2-1.