The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Solon Springs Eagles (Solon Springs, WI) and the visiting Lac Courte Oreilles Eagles (Hayward, WI), observed Solon Springs's basketball team overwhelm Lac Courte Oreilles by a margin of 56-23.

The Eagles (7-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Mellen (Mellen, WI). The Granite Diggers come into the Northern Lights challenge with a 10-2 record. In their last challenge, Mellen was trounced by Three Lakes (Three Lakes, WI), 54-45, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Eagles battle the South Shore Cardinals (Port Wing, WI) in a Northern Lights challenge, on Monday, January 20. Lac Courte Oreilles will attempt to better on its 2-8 season record. The Cardinals come into the challenge with a 3-10 record after their 70-34 league loss to Hurley (Hurley, WI).