The Manchester Essex Hornets (Manchester, MA) basketball crushed the visiting Hamilton-Wenham Regional Generals (South Hamilton, MA), 71-43 in Friday's non-league test.

The Hornets (15-2) will now prepare for their test against Amesbury (Amesbury, MA). The Indians go into the Cape Ann - Small test with a 1-15 record. In their last test, Amesbury was trounced by Ipswich (Ipswich, MA), 63-55, in a league test.

The Generals now own a 6-13 record. They play next when they host Rockport for a non-league contest on Tuesday, February 14. Hamilton-Wenham Regional will battle a Vikings team coming off a 59-48 league win over Georgetown (Georgetown, MA). The Vikings record now stands at 4-13.