The Hurley Northstars (Hurley, WI) basketball knocked off the visiting Washburn Castle Guards (Washburn, WI), 63-55 in Friday's league test.

The Northstars (9-3) will now prepare for their test against Butternut (Butternut, WI). The Midgets go into the Indianhead test with a 0-12 record. In their last test, Butternut went down by Drummond (Drummond, WI), 53-18, in a league test.

The Castle Guards now own a 9-3 record. They play next when they host Lac Courte Oreilles for a Indianhead test on Tuesday, January 24. Washburn will encounter a Eagles squad coming off a 71-34 league loss to South Shore (Port Wing, WI). The Eagles record now stands at 1-11.