In Thursday's league outing, the Houghton Lake Bobcats (Houghton Lake, MI) basketball squad edged the visiting Pine River Area Bucks (Leroy, MI), by a margin of 43-37.

The Bobcats (3-1) will now prepare for their outing against Lake City (Lake City, MI). The Trojans go into the Highland outing with a 3-1 record. In their last outing, Lake City was tipped by Evart (Evart, MI), 42-40, in a league outing.

The Bucks now own a 1-3 record. They play next when they host Tri County Area for a non-league outing on Monday, December 12. Pine River Area will clash with a Vikings squad coming off a 36-32 league loss to White Cloud (White Cloud, MI). The Vikings record now stands at 0-4.