The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Gwinn Modeltowners (Gwinn, MI) and the host Houghton Gremlins (Houghton, MI), observed Gwinn's basketball team edge Houghton by a score of 38-32.

The Modeltowners (1-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Manistique (Manistique, MI). The Emeralds come into the Mid-Peninsula challenge with a 0-0 record.

In their next game, the Gremlins encounter the West Iron County Wykons (Iron River, MI) in a Western Peninsula challenge, on Thursday, December 11. Houghton will attempt to improve on its 0-1 season record. The Wykons come into the challenge with a 1-0 record after their 49-20 non-league win over Iron Mountain (Iron Mountain, MI).