The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Pine River Area Bucks (Leroy, MI) and the host Kalkaska Blazers (Kalkaska, MI), observed Pine River Area's basketball team overwhelm Kalkaska by a score of 53-29.

The Bucks (3-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Onekama (Onekama, MI). The Portagers come into the non-league challenge with a 5-0 record. In their last challenge, Onekama trounced Glen Lake (Maple City, MI), 70-39, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Blazers encounter the Boyne City Ramblers (Boyne City, MI) in a Lake Michigan challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. Kalkaska will attempt to improve on its 2-1 season record.