Fans at Saturday's league challenge between the Central McLean [Turtle Lake-Mercer/Underwood/McClusky] Cougars (Turtle Lake, ND) and the visiting Mandaree Warriors (Mandaree, ND), saw Central McLean [Turtle Lake-Mercer/Underwood/McClusky]'s basketball squad wallop Mandaree by a count of 79-33.

With the victory, Central McLean [Turtle Lake-Mercer/Underwood/McClusky] upgrades its record to 5-5 on the campaign. The Cougars travel to Wilton/Wing (Wilton, ND) to play the Miners in a B District 6 challenge on Friday, January 26. The Miners come into the challenge with a record of 8-3.

Next up, the Warriors play the Turtle Lake-Mercer Trojans (Turtle Lake, ND) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 20. Mandaree will attempt to upgrade on its 0-11 season record.