In Tuesday's league outing, the Cumberland Beavers (Cumberland, WI) basketball squad edged the visiting Ladysmith Lumberjacks (Ladysmith, WI), by a count of 71-65.

The Beavers (7-5) will now prepare for their outing against Northwestern (Maple, WI). The Tigers go into the Heart O'North outing with a 9-5 record. In their last outing, Northwestern held off Chetek-Weyerhaeuser (Chetek, WI), 75-37, in a league outing.

The Lumberjacks now hold a 9-3 record. They play next when they host Northland Pines for a non-league outing on Thursday, January 18. Ladysmith will clash with a Eagles squad coming off a 44-26 league win over Tomahawk (Tomahawk, WI). The Eagles record now stands at 5-10.