In Thursday's league outing, the Turtle Lake Lakers (Turtle Lake, WI) basketball squad nipped the host Shell Lake Lakers (Shell Lake, WI), by a margin of 66-60.

The Lakers (11-6) will now prepare for their outing against Clear Lake (Clear Lake, WI). The Warriors go into the Lakeland - West outing with a 14-1 record. In their last outing, Clear Lake got by Northwood (Minong, WI), 48-18, in a league outing.

The Lakers now own a 8-7 record. They play next when they travel to Siren for a Lakeland - West outing on Tuesday, January 23. Shell Lake will encounter a Dragons squad coming off a 60-42 league loss to Grantsburg (Grantsburg, WI). The Dragons record now stands at 6-8.