The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Ely Timberwolves (Ely, MN) and the visiting North Woods grizzlies (Cook, MN), observed Ely's basketball team overwhelm North Woods by a score of 80-53.

The Timberwolves (7-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Greenway (Coleraine, MN). The Raiders come into the non-league challenge with a 3-8 record. In their last challenge, Greenway was routed by Littlefork-Big Falls (Littlefork, MN), 83-70, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the grizzlies encounter the Fond du Lac Ojibwe Ogichida Ogichida (Cloquet, MN) in a A Section 7 challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. North Woods will attempt to improve on its 7-3 season record. The Ogichida come into the challenge with a 3-7 record after their 80-54 non-league loss to East Central (Sandstone, MN).