The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Richmond Blue Devils (Richmond, MI) and the visiting Almont Raiders (Almont, MI), observed Richmond's basketball team knock off Almont by a score of 56-36.

The Blue Devils (5-15) will now prepare for their challenge against Armada (Armada, MI). The Tigers come into the Blue Water Area challenge with a 16-2 record. In their last challenge, Armada prevailed over Yale (Yale, MI), 56-45, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Raiders encounter the Marysville Vikings (Marysville, MI) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, February 24. Almont will attempt to improve on its 3-16 season record. The Vikings come into the challenge with a 9-12 record after their 38-32 non-league win over Port Huron Northern (Port Huron, MI).