The Middletown Middie Bears basketball team (Middletown, NY), dropped 55-47 in Tuesday's league battle with the visiting Pine Bush Bushmen (Pine Bush, NY)

The Bushmen now possess a 3-0 record. They put it on the line next when they host Newburgh Free Academy for a Section 9 Orange County I battle on Tuesday, January 3.

The Middie Bears (2-2) will now prepare for their battle against Monroe-Woodbury (Central Valley, NY). The Crusaders come into the Section 9 Orange County I battle with a 0-2 record. In their last battle, Monroe-Woodbury dropped by Warwick (Warwick, NY), 45-27, in a non-league battle.