Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Lakers (Howard Lake, MN) and the visiting New London-Spicer Wildcats (New London, MN), saw Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted's basketball squad hold off New London-Spicer by a tally of 72-66.

With the victory, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted improves its record to 10-3 on the campaign. The Lakers travel to Sibley East (Arlington, MN) to confront the Wolverines in a non-league challenge on Friday, January 19. The Wolverines come into the challenge with a record of 3-12. Sibley East lost 72-58 in their recent non-league challenge against Mayer Lutheran (Mayer, MN)

Next up, the Wildcats confront the Dassel-Cokato Chargers (Cokato, MN) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 23. New London-Spicer will attempt to improve on its 7-8 season record. The Chargers come into the challenge with a 9-6 record after their 70-60 league win over Watertown-Mayer (Watertown, MN).