In Friday's non-league outing, the Elk River Elks (Elk River, MN) basketball squad beat the visiting Spring Lake Park Panthers (Spring Lake Park, MN), by a count of 61-45.

The Elks (9-5) will now prepare for their outing against Park Center (Brooklyn Park, MN). The Pirates go into the non-league outing with a 2-12 record. In their last outing, Park Center was topped by Robbinsdale Armstrong (Plymouth, MN), 58-44, in a non-league outing.

The Panthers now hold a 6-9 record. They play next when they host Totino-Grace for a non-league outing on Tuesday, January 24. Spring Lake Park will clash with a Eagles squad coming off a 56-47 non-league loss to Osseo (Osseo, MN). The Eagles record now stands at 4-11.