The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the New Lothrop Hornets (New Lothrop, MI) and the visiting Lakeville Falcons (Otisville, MI), observed New Lothrop's basketball team knock off Lakeville by a score of 43-29.

The Hornets (14-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Hill-McCloy (Montrose, MI). The Rams come into the Mid-Michigan challenge with a 8-9 record. In their last challenge, Hill-McCloy prevailed over Chesaning (Chesaning, MI), 42-32, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Falcons encounter the Byron Eagles (Byron, MI) in a Mid-Michigan challenge, on Monday, February 10. Lakeville will attempt to improve on its 10-7 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 5-11 record after their 57-10 league loss to Durand (Durand, MI).