The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Napoleon Pirates (Napoleon, MI) and the visiting Manchester Flying Dutchmen (Manchester, MI), observed Napoleon's basketball team overwhelm Manchester by a score of 56-14.

The Pirates (4-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Homer (Homer, MI). The Trojans come into the Cascades challenge with a 2-7 record. In their last challenge, Homer was routed by Jonesville (Jonesville, MI), 45-34, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Flying Dutchmen encounter the Jonesville Comets (Jonesville, MI) in a Cascades challenge, on Wednesday, January 22. Manchester will attempt to improve on its 1-7 season record. The Comets come into the challenge with a 7-4 record after their 45-34 league win over Homer (Homer, MI).