The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Bottineau Braves/Stars (Bottineau, ND) and the visiting Grafton Spoilers (Grafton, ND), observed Bottineau's basketball team edge Grafton by a score of 43-37.

The Braves/Stars (9-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Hazen (Hazen, ND). The Bison come into the non-league challenge with a 5-6 record.

In their next game, the Spoilers encounter the Mayville-Portland-Clifford-Galesburg Patriots (Mayville, ND) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 14. Grafton will attempt to improve on its 4-6 season record. The Patriots come into the challenge with a 9-2 record after their 65-14 non-league win over Cavalier (Cavalier, ND).