In Friday's league outing, the Buckley Bears (Buckley, MI) basketball squad edged the visiting Suttons Bay Norsemen (Suttons Bay, MI), by a count of 45-42.

The Bears (3-16) will now prepare for their outing against Forest Area (Fife Lake, MI). The Warriors go into the non-league outing with a 1-18 record. In their last outing, Forest Area was tipped by Mancelona (Mancelona, MI), 46-34, in a league outing.

The Norsemen now hold a 3-14 record. They play next when they travel to Leland for a non-league outing on Monday, February 28. Suttons Bay will clash with a Comets squad coming off a 56-30 league loss to Kingsley (Kingsley, MI). The Comets record now stands at 7-13.