The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Eastern Christian Eagles (North Haledon, NJ) and the host Manchester Regional Falcons (Haledon, NJ), observed Eastern Christian's basketball team overwhelm Manchester Regional by a score of 48-19.

The Eagles (4-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Park Ridge (Park Ridge, NJ). The Owls come into the non-league challenge with a 2-1 record. In their last challenge, Park Ridge was routed by Paramus Catholic (Paramus, NJ), 50-42, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Falcons battle the Garfield Boilermakers (Garfield, NJ) in a Northwest Jersey - Colonial challenge, on Saturday, December 28. Manchester Regional will attempt to improve on its 0-5 season record. The Boilermakers come into the challenge with a 1-2 record after their 38-28 league win over Manchester Regional (Haledon, NJ).