The Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Lakers (Howard Lake, MN) basketball were winner over the visiting Sibley East Wolverines (Arlington, MN), 54-45 in Friday's non-league bout.

The Lakers now possess a 5-5 record. They play next when they travel to Litchfield for a non-league bout on Tuesday, January 7. Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted will play a Dragons team coming off a 76-70 non-league loss to Glencoe-Silver Lake (Glencoe, MN). The Dragons record now stands at 3-9.

With the loss, Sibley East falls to 4-5 on the campaign. The Wolverines travel to Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop (Winthrop, MN) to play the Thunderbirds in a non-league bout on Tuesday, January 7. The Thunderbirds go into the bout with a record of 3-6. Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop lost 57-51 in their recent league bout against Sleepy Eye (Sleepy Eye, MN)