The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Hanson Beavers (Alexandria, SD) and the visiting Parker Pheasants (Parker, SD), observed Hanson's basketball team edge Parker by a score of 64-59.

The Beavers (6-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Howard (Howard, SD). The Tigers come into the non-league challenge with a 6-3 record. In their last challenge, Howard was tipped by DeSmet (DeSmet, SD), 62-51, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Pheasants battle the Dell Rapids Quarriers (Dell Rapids, SD) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 20. Parker will attempt to improve on its 2-8 season record. The Quarriers come into the challenge with a 5-5 record after their 56-44 non-league loss to Milbank (Milbank, SD).