The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Sault Area Blue Devils (Sault St. Marie, MI) and the host Rudyard Bulldogs (Rudyard, MI), observed Sault Area's basketball team edge Rudyard by a margin of 60-58.

The Blue Devils (1-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Alpena (Alpena, MI). The Wildcats come into the non-league challenge with a 2-8 record. In their last challenge, Alpena was tipped by Pickford (Pickford, MI), 59-42, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Bulldogs battle the Munising Mustangs (Munising, MI) in a non-league challenge, on Wednesday, January 15. Rudyard will attempt to better on its 6-5 season record.