The Grantsburg Pirates (Grantsburg, WI) basketball nipped the visiting Shell Lake Lakers (Shell Lake, WI), 58-54 in Tuesday's league test.

The Pirates (11-4) will now prepare for their test against Siren (Siren, WI). The Dragons go into the Lakeland - West test with a 6-7 record. In their last test, Siren was tipped by Webster (Webster, WI), 65-37, in a league test.

The Lakers now own a 8-6 record. They play next when they host Turtle Lake for a Lakeland - West test on Thursday, January 18. Shell Lake will encounter a Lakers squad coming off a 52-36 league win over Northwood (Minong, WI). The Lakers record now stands at 10-6.