Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Big Lake Hornets (Big Lake, MN) and the visiting Zimmerman Thunder (Zimmerman, MN), saw Big Lake's basketball squad overcome Zimmerman by a tally of 86-73.

With the victory, Big Lake improves its record to 6-4 on the campaign. The Hornets travel to St. Francis (St. Francis, MN) to play the Fighting Saints in a AAA Section 5 challenge on Tuesday, January 9. The Fighting Saints come into the challenge with a record of 4-6. St. Francis lost 95-86 in their recent non-league challenge against Cambridge-Isanti (Cambridge, MN)

Next up, the Thunder play the Becker Bulldogs (Becker, MN) in a AAA Section 5 challenge, on Tuesday, January 9. Zimmerman will attempt to improve on its 4-8 season record.