The crowd at Monday's league challenge between the Barnum Bombers (Barnum, MN) and the host Aitkin Gobblers (Aitkin, MN), observed Barnum's basketball team edge Aitkin by a margin of 71-68.

The Bombers (6-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Cromwell (Cromwell, MN). The Cardinals come into the non-league challenge with a 6-2 record. In their last challenge, Cromwell edged Floodwood (Floodwood, MN), 94-25, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Gobblers battle the Braham Bombers (Braham, MN) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 10. Aitkin will attempt to better on its 2-7 season record. The Bombers come into the challenge with a 8-2 record after their 74-66 non-league win over Pine City (Pine City, MN).