The Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Lakers nipped the visiting Rockford Rockets basketball squad by a final score of 59-52 in Thursday's non-league outing.

Next, the Lakers clash with the Watertown-Mayer Royals (Watertown, MN) in a non-league outing, on Tuesday, January 21. Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted will attempt to upgrade on its 8-6 season record. The Royals enter the outing with a 8-8 record after their 69-57 league loss to Southwest Christian (Chaska, MN).

The Rockets (10-4) will now prepare for their outing against Roosevelt (Minneapolis, MN). The Teddies enter the non-league outing with a 6-6 record. In their last outing, Roosevelt was nipped by North Community (Minneapolis, MN), 81-62, in a league outing.