The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Standish-Sterling Panthers (Standish, MI) and the visiting Gladwin Flying G's (Gladwin, MI), observed Standish-Sterling's basketball team knock off Gladwin by a score of 54-45.

The Panthers (8-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Meridian (Sanford, MI). The Mustangs come into the non-league challenge with a 5-4 record.

In their next game, the Flying G's encounter the Meridian Mustangs (Sanford, MI) in a Jack Pine challenge, on Monday, January 13. Gladwin will attempt to improve on its 6-2 season record. The Mustangs come into the challenge with a 5-4 record after their 52-51 league win over Pinconning (Pinconning, MI).