The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Rockford Rockets (Rockford, MN) and the visiting Annandale Cardinals (Annandale, MN), observed Rockford's basketball team overcome Annandale by a margin of 67-50.

The Rockets (10-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Dassel-Cokato (Cokato, MN). The Chargers come into the AA Section 5 challenge with a 6-6 record. In their last challenge, Dassel-Cokato dropped by Central (Norwood-Young America, MN), 73-52, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Cardinals battle the Watertown-Mayer Royals (Watertown, MN) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 9. Annandale will attempt to better on its 4-4 season record. The Royals come into the challenge with a 5-7 record after their 77-72 non-league loss to Jordan (Jordan, MN).