The Manchester Memorial Crusaders (Manchester, NH) baseball the visiting Salem Blue Devils (Salem, NH), 5-1 in Friday's league challenge.

The Crusaders now own a 4-1 record. They take the field next when they travel to Keene for a Division I challenge on Monday, April 21. Manchester Memorial will clash with a Blackbirds team coming off a 11-3 non-league win over Manchester Central (Manchester, NH). The Blackbirds record now stands at 4-0.

With the defeat, Salem drops to 4-3 on the year. The Blue devils host Pinkerton (Derry, NH) to clash with the Astros in a Division I challenge on Monday, April 21. The Astros go into the challenge with a record of 2-0. Pinkerton won 8-4 in their recent league challenge against Nashua North (Nashua, NH)