The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Wilton/Wing Miners (Wilton, ND) and the host Central McLean [Turtle Lake-Mercer/Underwood/McClusky] Cougars (Turtle Lake, ND), observed Wilton/Wing's basketball team edge Central McLean [Turtle Lake-Mercer/Underwood/McClusky] by a score of 69-63.

The Miners (16-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Linton/Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock (Linton, ND). The Lions come into the non-league challenge with a 8-4 record. In their last challenge, Linton/Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock edged Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter (Napoleon, ND), 76-49, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Cougars battle the Grant County co-op [Carson/Elgin-New Leipzig/Mott-Regent] (Elgin, ND) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, February 6. Central McLean [Turtle Lake-Mercer/Underwood/McClusky] will attempt to improve on its 11-3 season record.