In Friday's league outing, the Grayling Vikings (Grayling, MI) basketball squad edged the host Kalkaska Blazers (Kalkaska, MI), by a count of 49-47.

The Vikings (9-3) will now prepare for their outing against Houghton Lake (Houghton Lake, MI). The Bobcats go into the non-league outing with a 7-6 record. In their last outing, Houghton Lake held off Lake City (Lake City, MI), 44-33, in a league outing.

The Blazers now hold a 4-7 record. They play next when they travel to St. Francis for a Lake Michigan outing on Tuesday, January 31. Kalkaska will clash with a Gladiators squad coming off a 65-48 league win over Harbor Springs (Harbor Springs, MI). The Gladiators record now stands at 9-2.