The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Northwestern Tigers (Maple, WI) and the visiting Spooner Rails (Spooner, WI), observed Northwestern's basketball team knock off Spooner by a score of 84-69.

The Tigers (8-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Barron (Barron, WI). The Golden Bears come into the Heart O'North challenge with a 8-4 record. In their last challenge, Barron prevailed over St. Croix Falls (St. Croix Falls, WI), 70-55, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Rails encounter the Hayward Hurricanes (Hayward, WI) in a Heart O'North outing, on Monday, January 27. Spooner will attempt to upgrade on its 3-9 season record.