The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Pelican Rapids Vikings (Pelican Rapids, MN) and the visiting Barnesville Trojans (Barnesville, MN), observed Pelican Rapids's basketball team knock off Barnesville by a score of 71-52.

The Vikings (11-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton (Glyndon, MN). The Rebels come into the AA Section 8 challenge with a 10-2 record. In their last challenge, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton prevailed over Perham (Perham, MN), 79-50, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Trojans encounter the Frazee Hornets (Frazee, MN) in a AA Section 8 challenge, on Tuesday, January 14. Barnesville will attempt to improve on its 7-4 season record. The Hornets come into the challenge with a 9-7 record after their 61-58 non-league win over Ada-Borup/Norman County West (Ada, MN).