The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Minnewaska Area Lakers (Glenwood, MN) and the visiting Sauk Centre Mainstreeters (Sauk Centre, MN), observed Minnewaska Area's basketball team edge Sauk Centre by a score of 51-48.

The Lakers (19-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg (Kerkhoven, MN). The Fighting Saints come into the AA Section 3 challenge with a 21-1 record. In their last challenge, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg was tipped by MACCRAY (Clara City, MN), 65-53, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Mainstreeters battle the Barnesville Trojans (Barnesville, MN) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, February 4. Sauk Centre will attempt to improve on its 17-1 season record. The Trojans come into the challenge with a 12-5 record after their 64-48 league loss to Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton (Glyndon, MN).