Fans at Friday's league challenge between the Ewen-Trout Creek Panthers (Ewen, MI) and the host Ontonagon Gladiators (Ontonagon, MI), saw Ewen-Trout Creek's basketball squad overcome Ontonagon by a tally of 48-36.

With the victory, Ewen-Trout Creek improves its record to 3-1 on the campaign. The Panthers travel to Johnston (Bessemer, MI) to confront the Speedboys in a non-league challenge on Monday, December 19. The Speedboys come into the challenge with a record of 0-3. Johnston lost 52-30 in their recent league challenge against Wright (Ironwood, MI)

Next up, the Gladiators confront the Houghton Gremlins (Houghton, MI) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, December 20. Ontonagon will attempt to improve on its 1-2 season record.