The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Forest Hills Eastern Hawks (Ada, MI) and the host Wayland Wildcats (Wayland, MI), observed Forest Hills Eastern's basketball team edge Wayland by a score of 63-61.

The Hawks (6-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Forest Hills Central (Grand Rapids, MI). The Rangers come into the Ottawa-Kent - White challenge with a 7-5 record.

In their next game, the Wildcats battle the South Christian Sailors (Grand Rapids, MI) in a Ottawa-Kent - Gold challenge, on Friday, January 24. Wayland will attempt to improve on its 7-7 season record. The Sailors come into the challenge with a 8-4 record after their 57-55 non-league loss to Northview (Grand Rapids, MI).