The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Standish-Sterling Panthers (Standish, MI) and the visiting Pinconning Spartans (Pinconning, MI), observed Standish-Sterling's basketball team knock off Pinconning by a score of 61-52.

The Panthers (15-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Gladwin (Gladwin, MI). The Flying G's come into the Jack Pine challenge with a 14-2 record. In their last challenge, Gladwin prevailed over Beaverton (Beaverton, MI), 77-56, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Spartans battle the Meridian Mustangs (Sanford, MI) in a Jack Pine challenge, on Thursday, February 6. Pinconning will attempt to improve on its 14-3 season record. The Mustangs come into the challenge with a 8-9 record after their 40-32 league loss to Clare (Clare, MI).