The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Westwood Patriots (Ishpeming, MI) and the host Iron Mountain Mountaineers (Iron Mountain, MI), observed Westwood's basketball team edge Iron Mountain by a score of 61-56.

The Patriots (7-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Gladstone (Gladstone, MI). The Braves come into the non-league challenge with a 2-6 record. In their last challenge, Gladstone was tipped by Gwinn (Gwinn, MI), 59-49, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Mountaineers encounter the Escanaba Eskymos (Escanaba, MI) in a non-league challenge, on Wednesday, January 8. Iron Mountain will attempt to improve on its 5-2 season record. The Eskymos come into the challenge with a 7-4 record after their 77-30 league loss to Marquette (Marquette, MI).