The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Western Panthers (Parma, MI) and the visiting Northwest Mounties (Jackson, MI), observed Western's basketball team knock off Northwest by a score of 54-39.

The Panthers (7-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Madison (Adrian, MI). The Trojans come into the non-league challenge with a 12-3 record. In their last challenge, Madison prevailed over Onsted (Onsted, MI), 43-37, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Mounties encounter the Coldwater Cardinals (Coldwater, MI) in a Interstate Eight challenge, on Tuesday, February 4. Northwest will attempt to improve on its 3-11 season record. The Cardinals come into the challenge with a 9-8 record after their 61-50 non-league loss to Vicksburg (Vicksburg, MI).