In Friday's league outing, the Pine River Area Bucks (Leroy, MI) basketball squad edged the visiting Northern Michigan Christian Comets (McBain, MI), by a count of 41-34.

The Bucks (7-9) will now prepare for their outing against Lakeview (Lakeview, MI). The Wildcats go into the non-league outing with a 9-9 record. In their last outing, Lakeview held off Chippewa Hills (Remus, MI), 45-28, in a league outing.

The Comets now hold a 2-15 record. They play next when they travel to Montabella for a non-league outing on Tuesday, February 20. Northern Michigan Christian will clash with a Mustangs squad coming off a 36-34 league loss to Merrill (Merrill, MI). The Mustangs record now stands at 7-11.