The Houghton Gremlins basketball team (Houghton, MI), was nudged 71-66 in Friday's league battle with the visiting Westwood Patriots (Ishpeming, MI)

The Patriots now possess a 1-0 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to West Iron County for a Western Peninsula battle on Monday, December 4. Westwood will confront a Wykons team coming off a 66-36 non-league loss to Gwinn (Gwinn, MI). The Wykons record now stands at 0-2.

The Gremlins (1-2) will now prepare for their battle against Kingsford (Kingsford, MI). The Flivvers come into the non-league battle with a 2-0 record. In their last battle, Kingsford edged North Dickinson (Felch, MI), 69-24, in a non-league battle.