The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Michigan Center Cardinals (Michigan Center, MI) and the visiting Manchester Flying Dutchmen (Manchester, MI), observed Michigan Center's basketball team overwhelm Manchester by a score of 59-34.

The Cardinals (5-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Western (Parma, MI). The Panthers come into the non-league challenge with a 2-2 record. In their last challenge, Western was routed by Northwest (Jackson, MI), 61-56, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Flying Dutchmen battle the Grass Lake Warriors (Grass Lake, MI) in a Cascades challenge, on Wednesday, December 18. Manchester will attempt to improve on its 0-5 season record. The Warriors come into the challenge with a 5-0 record after their 47-36 league win over Napoleon (Napoleon, MI).