The crowd at Thursday's league battle between the Pine Bush Bushmen (Pine Bush, NY) and the visiting Middletown Middie Bears (Middletown, NY), saw Pine Bush's baseball team beat Middletown by a margin of 10-2.

The Bushmen (10-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Monroe-Woodbury (Central Valley, NY). The Crusaders go into the Section 9 Orange County I challenge with a 11-2 record. In their last challenge, Monroe-Woodbury was overwhelmed by Kingston (Kingston, NY), 14-4, in a league challenge.

With the defeat, Middletown drops to 7-7 on the year. The Middie bears host Cornwall Central (New Windsor, NY) to clash with the Dragons in a non-league challenge on Wednesday, May 7. The Dragons go into the challenge with a record of 5-5.