The crowd at Friday's league battle between the Middletown North Lions (Middletown, NJ) and the visiting Manalapan Braves (Englishtown, NJ), witnessed Middletown North's baseball team knock off Manalapan by a count of 7-3.

The Lions now own a 5-7 record. They take the field next when they host Ranney for a non-league challenge on Saturday, April 26. Middletown North will clash with a team coming off a 16-1 non-league win over Middletown South (Middletown, NJ). The record now stands at 7-3.

With the defeat, Manalapan drops to 5-6 on the year. The Braves travel to Robbinsville (Robbinsville, NJ) to clash with the Ravens in a non-league challenge on Saturday, April 26. The Ravens go into the challenge with a record of 7-4. Robbinsville won 5-2 in their recent non-league challenge against Steinert (Hamilton, NJ)