The Sacred Heart Academy Irish (Mt. Pleasant, MI) basketball nipped the visiting Montabella Mustangs (Blanchard, MI), 37-31 in Thursday's league test.

The Irish (8-0) will now prepare for their test against Muskegon Catholic Central (Muskegon, MI). The Crusaders go into the non-league test with a 1-5 record. In their last test, Muskegon Catholic Central was tipped by Crossroads Charter Academy (Big Rapids, MI), 42-33, in a non-league test.

The Mustangs now own a 2-4 record. They play next when they travel to Coleman for a Mid-State test on Tuesday, January 9. Montabella will encounter a Comets squad coming off a 55-16 league loss to Breckenridge (Breckenridge, MI). The Comets record now stands at 0-6.