The Grantsburg Pirates basketball team (Grantsburg, WI), was nudged 50-45 in Tuesday's league battle with the visiting Turtle Lake Lakers (Turtle Lake, WI)

The Lakers now sport a 6-3 record. They put it on the line next when they host Luck for a Lakeland - West battle on Friday, January 13. Turtle Lake will battle a Cardinals team coming off a 52-19 league loss to Shell Lake (Shell Lake, WI). The Cardinals record now stands at 1-9.

The Pirates (6-3) will now prepare for their battle against Northwood (Minong, WI). The Evergreens come into the Lakeland - West battle with a 2-7 record. In their last battle, Northwood was nudged by Siren (Siren, WI), 53-23, in a league battle.