The crowd at Monday's league challenge between the Oakes Tornadoes (Oakes, ND) and the visiting Wyndmere/Lidgerwood Warbirds (Wyndmere, ND), observed Oakes's basketball team edge Wyndmere/Lidgerwood by a score of 43-38.

The Tornadoes (12-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Richland (Colfax, ND). The Colts come into the B District 1 challenge with a 7-7 record. In their last challenge, Richland nudged Enderlin (Enderlin, ND), 59-53, in a league bout.

With the loss, Wyndmere/Lidgerwood falls to 9-6 on the campaign. The Warbirds host Tri-State co-op [Rosholt/Fairmount/Campbell-Tintah] (Rosholt, SD) to play the Tigers in a B District 1 bout on Thursday, January 30. The Tigers go into the bout with a record of 7-6. Tri-State co-op [Rosholt/Fairmount/Campbell-Tintah] lost 59-45 in their recent non-league bout against Langford (Langford, SD)