Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Northern Michigan Christian Comets (McBain, MI) and the host Manton Rangers (Manton, MI), saw Northern Michigan Christian's basketball squad hold off Manton by a tally of 40-34.

With the victory, Northern Michigan Christian improves its record to 1-1 on the campaign. The Comets host McBain (McBain, MI) to confront the Ramblers in a Highland challenge on Wednesday, January 4. The Ramblers come into the challenge with a record of 1-1.

Next up, the Rangers confront the Charlevoix Rayders (Charlevoix, MI) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, December 20. Manton will attempt to improve on its 1-3 season record.