The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Mary Help of Christians Academy Blue Jays (North Haledon, NJ) and the host Manchester Regional Falcons (Haledon, NJ), observed Mary Help of Christians Academy's basketball team knock off Manchester Regional by a score of 30-21.

The Blue Jays (1-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Pompton Lakes (Pompton Lakes, NJ). The Cardinals come into the non-league challenge with a 1-0 record. In their last challenge, Pompton Lakes prevailed over Bogota (Bogota, NJ), 49-27, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Falcons encounter the Garfield Boilermakers (Garfield, NJ) in a Northwest Jersey - Colonial challenge, on Friday, December 20. Manchester Regional will attempt to improve on its 0-3 season record. The Boilermakers come into the challenge with a 0-1 record after their 42-32 non-league loss to North Arlington (North Arlington, NJ).