The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Fargo North Spartans (Fargo, ND) and the host Grand Forks Central Knights (Grand Forks, ND), observed Fargo North's basketball team edge Grand Forks Central by a score of 48-47.

The Spartans (3-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Red River (Grand Forks, ND). The Roughriders come into the AA East challenge with a 4-5 record. In their last challenge, Red River edged Fargo South (Fargo, ND), 70-33, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Knights encounter the Fargo Davies Eagles (Fargo, ND) in a AA East challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. Grand Forks Central will attempt to improve on its 1-7 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 5-2 record after their 70-46 non-league loss to Minot (Minot, ND).