The Turtle Lake Lakers (Turtle Lake, WI) basketball nipped the host Grantsburg Pirates (Grantsburg, WI), 52-47 in Tuesday's league test.

The Lakers (2-6) will now prepare for their test against Baldwin-Woodville (Baldwin, WI). The Blackhawks go into the non-league test with a 5-2 record. In their last test, Baldwin-Woodville got by St. Croix Central (Hammond, WI), 48-42, in a league test.

The Pirates now own a 4-3 record. They play next when they travel to Unity for a Lakeland - West test on Friday, January 13. Grantsburg will encounter a Eagles squad coming off a 77-46 league win over Frederic (Frederic, WI). The Eagles record now stands at 10-0.