In Thursday's league outing, the Rocky Boy Northern Stars (Box Elder, MT) basketball squad beat the host Shelby Coyotes (Shelby, MT), by a count of 64-53.

The Northern Stars (6-1) will now prepare for their outing against Hays-Lodge Pole (Hays, MT). The Thunder Birds go into the non-league outing with a 0-4 record. In their last outing, Hays-Lodge Pole was topped by Big Sandy (Big Sandy, MT), 94-61, in a league outing.

The Coyotes now hold a 5-2 record. They play next when they travel to Conrad for a B District 1 outing on Friday, January 5. Shelby will clash with a Cowboys squad coming off a 45-43 non-league win over Fort Benton/Highwood (Fort Benton, MT). The Cowboys record now stands at 1-2.