In Thursday's league test, the Blooming Prairie Awesome Blossoms (Blooming Prairie, MN) basketball squad knocked off the visiting Lyle/Pacelli Athletics (Lyle, MN), by a score of 76-61.

Next, the Awesome Blossoms encounter the New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva Panthers (New Richland, MN) in a AA Section 2 test, on Friday, January 17. Blooming Prairie will attempt to improve on its 8-4 season record. The Panthers come into the test with a 0-12 record after their 75-33 league loss to Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton (Janesville, MN).

The Athletics (0-11) will now prepare for their test against Grand Meadow (Grand Meadow, MN). The Superlarks come into the A Section 1 test with a 2-10 record. In their last test, Grand Meadow went down by Mabel-Canton (Mabel, MN), 61-28, in a league test.