The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Howell Highlanders (Howell, MI) and the visiting Hartland Eagles (Hartland, MI), observed Howell's basketball team edge Hartland by a score of 48-43.

The Highlanders (8-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Novi (Novi, MI). The Wildcats come into the Kensington Lakes challenge with a 10-3 record. In their last challenge, Novi edged Salem (Canton, MI), 63-37, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Eagles battle the Canton Cobras (Canton, MI) in a Kensington Lakes challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Hartland will attempt to improve on its 6-6 season record. The Cobras come into the challenge with a 7-4 record after their 53-52 league loss to Northville (Northville, MI).