The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Romulus Eagles (Romulus, MI) and the host Melvindale Cardinals (Melvindale, MI), observed Romulus's basketball team edge Melvindale by a score of 54-52.

The Eagles (5-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Annapolis (Dearborn Heights, MI). The Cougars come into the Western Wayne challenge with a 1-12 record. In their last challenge, Annapolis was tipped by Garden City (Garden City, MI), 72-67, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Cardinals encounter the Ida Bluestreaks (Ida, MI) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 20. Melvindale will attempt to improve on its 8-4 season record. The Bluestreaks come into the challenge with a 6-7 record after their 64-32 league loss to Onsted (Onsted, MI).