The Johnston Speedboys (Bessemer, MI) basketball edged the visiting Jeffers Jets (Painesdale, MI), 42-37 in Tuesday's non-league bout.

The Speedboys now possess a 5-5 record. They play next when they host Houghton for a non-league bout on Thursday, January 30. Johnston will play a Gremlins team coming off a 83-77 non-league loss to Ishpeming (Ishpeming, MI). The Gremlins record now stands at 12-3.

With the loss, Jeffers falls to 3-10 on the campaign. The Jets host Dollar Bay (Dollar Bay, MI) to play the Bays in a Copper Mountain - Copper County bout on Friday, January 31. The Bays go into the bout with a record of 11-3. Dollar Bay won 63-56 in their recent non-league bout against Ewen-Trout Creek (Ewen, MI)