The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Central McLean [Turtle Lake-Mercer/Underwood/McClusky] Cougars (Turtle Lake, ND) and the visiting White Shield Warriors (Roseglen, ND), observed Central McLean [Turtle Lake-Mercer/Underwood/McClusky]'s basketball team overwhelm White Shield by a margin of 72-47.

The Cougars (6-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Washburn (Washburn, ND). The Cardinals come into the B District 8 challenge with a 7-1 record. In their last challenge, Washburn trounced Center-Stanton (Center, ND), 69-52, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Warriors battle the Mandaree Warriors (Mandaree, ND) in a B District 8 challenge, on Friday, January 17. White Shield will attempt to better on its 6-4 season record. The Warriors come into the challenge with a 0-9 record after their 79-16 non-league loss to Powers Lake/Burke Central (Powers Lake, ND).