The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Hurley Northstars (Hurley, WI) and the visiting Johnston Speedboys (Bessemer, MI), observed Hurley's basketball team knock off Johnston by a score of 60-44.

The Northstars (6-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Mellen (Mellen, WI). The Granite Diggers come into the Northern Lights challenge with a 6-0 record. In their last challenge, Mellen prevailed over Birchwood (Birchwood, WI), 79-52, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Speedboys encounter the Baraga Vikings (Baraga, MI) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 6. Johnston will attempt to improve on its 1-4 season record. The Vikings come into the challenge with a 6-3 record after their 56-53 non-league win over Ewen-Trout Creek (Ewen, MI).