The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Newaygo Lions (Newaygo, MI) and the host Tri County Area Vikings (Howard City, MI), observed Newaygo's basketball team crush Tri County Area by a tally of 57-24.

The Lions now possess a 14-2 record. They play next when they travel to Holton for a non-league bout on Tuesday, February 11. Newaygo will play a Red Devils team coming off a 39-20 league loss to Shelby (Shelby, MI). The Red Devils record now stands at 8-9.

With the loss, Tri County Area falls to 3-12 on the campaign. The Vikings travel to Kent City (Kent City, MI) to play the Eagles in a Central State bout on Tuesday, February 11. The Eagles go into the bout with a record of 12-4. Kent City won 49-26 in their recent non-league bout against Montague (Montague, MI)