The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Hanover-Horton Comets (Horton, MI) and the visiting Columbia Central Golden Eagles (Brooklyn, MI), observed Hanover-Horton's basketball team edge Columbia Central by a score of 45-40.

The Comets (8-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Michigan Center (Michigan Center, MI). The Cardinals come into the Cascades challenge with a 11-2 record. In their last challenge, Michigan Center edged East Jackson (Jackson, MI), 70-42, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Golden Eagles encounter the Manchester Flying Dutchmen (Manchester, MI) in a Cascades challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Columbia Central will attempt to improve on its 9-3 season record. The Flying Dutchmen come into the challenge with a 3-9 record after their 40-37 league win over Napoleon (Napoleon, MI).