Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes (Lake Linden, MI) and the visiting Ewen-Trout Creek Panthers (Ewen, MI), saw Lake Linden-Hubbell's basketball squad hold off Ewen-Trout Creek by a tally of 58-53.

With the victory, Lake Linden-Hubbell improves its record to 7-3 on the campaign. The Lakes travel to Ontonagon (Ontonagon, MI) to confront the Gladiators in a Copper Mountain challenge on Tuesday, January 17. The Gladiators come into the challenge with a record of 7-3. Ontonagon won 51-17 in their recent league challenge against Chassell (Chassell, MI)

Next up, the Panthers confront the Baraga Vikings (Baraga, MI) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 17. Ewen-Trout Creek will attempt to improve on its 7-3 season record.