The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Manistee Chippewas (Manistee, MI) and the visiting Fremont Packers (Fremont, MI), observed Manistee's basketball team overcome Fremont by a margin of 54-35.

The Chippewas (6-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Orchard View (Muskegon, MI). The Cardinals come into the Western Michigan Lakes - Lakes challenge with a 4-10 record.

In their next game, the Packers battle the Mason County Central Spartans (Scottville, MI) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Fremont will attempt to better on its 3-10 season record. The Spartans come into the challenge with a 9-5 record after their 55-31 league win over Hesperia (Hesperia, MI).