The Solon Springs Eagles (Solon Springs, WI) basketball nipped the visiting Drummond Lumberjacks (Drummond, WI), 45-43 in Thursday's league test.

The Eagles (9-1) will now prepare for their test against Hurley (Hurley, WI). The Northstars go into the Northern Lights test with a 5-3 record. In their last test, Hurley was tipped by Wright (Ironwood, MI), 44-32, in a non-league test.

The Lumberjacks now own a 8-2 record. They play next when they host South Shore for a Northern Lights test on Monday, January 8. Drummond will encounter a Cardinals squad coming off a 64-28 league win over Butternut (Butternut, WI). The Cardinals record now stands at 3-6.