Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Cass Lake-Bena Panthers (Cass Lake, MN) and the host Kelliher/Northome Mustangs (Northome, MN), saw Cass Lake-Bena's basketball squad wallop Kelliher/Northome by a tally of 116-50.

With the victory, Cass Lake-Bena improves its record to 7-0 on the campaign. The Panthers travel to Ada-Borup/Norman County West (Ada, MN) to play the Cougars in a A Section 8 challenge on Friday, January 7. The Cougars come into the challenge with a record of 1-2. Ada-Borup/Norman County West lost 93-87 in their recent league challenge against Mahnomen/Waubun (Mahnomen, MN)

Next up, the Mustangs play the Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Wolves (Walker, MN) in a A Section 5 challenge, on Tuesday, January 11. Kelliher/Northome will attempt to improve on its 0-3 season record. The Wolves come into the challenge with a 2-3 record after their 88-82 league loss to Red Lake (Red Lake, MN).