The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Hurley Northstars (Hurley, WI) and the host South Shore Cardinals (Port Wing, WI), observed Hurley's basketball team overwhelm South Shore by a margin of 70-34.

The Northstars (11-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Washburn (Washburn, WI). The Castle Guards come into the Northern Lights challenge with a 6-6 record. In their last challenge, Washburn was trounced by Drummond (Drummond, WI), 60-58, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Cardinals battle the Lac Courte Oreilles Eagles (Hayward, WI) in a Northern Lights challenge, on Monday, January 20. South Shore will attempt to better on its 3-10 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 2-8 record after their 56-23 league loss to Solon Springs (Solon Springs, WI).