The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Blissfield Royals (Blissfield, MI) and the host Leslie Blackhawks (Leslie, MI), observed Blissfield's basketball team edge Leslie by a score of 45-43.

The Royals (7-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Ida (Ida, MI). The Bluestreaks come into the Lenawee County challenge with a 5-0 record.

In their next game, the Blackhawks battle the Stockbridge Panthers (Stockbridge, MI) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 6. Leslie will attempt to improve on its 3-2 season record. The Panthers come into the challenge with a 4-2 record after their 45-37 league win over Springport (Springport, MI).