The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Hesperia Panthers (Hesperia, MI) and the visiting Shelby Tigers (Shelby, MI), observed Hesperia's basketball team edge Shelby by a margin of 42-40.

The Panthers (6-12) will now prepare for their challenge against Newaygo (Newaygo, MI). The Lions come into the non-league challenge with a 5-8 record. In their last challenge, Newaygo was tipped by Grant (Grant, MI), 92-31, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Tigers battle the Montague Wildcats (Montague, MI) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, February 3. Shelby will attempt to better on its 2-14 season record. The Wildcats come into the challenge with a 3-13 record after their 70-30 league loss to Fremont (Fremont, MI).