The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Divide County Maroons (Crosby, ND) and the visiting Powers Lake/Burke Central (Powers Lake, ND), observed Divide County's basketball team edge Powers Lake/Burke Central by a margin of 35-32.

The Maroons (4-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Kenmare/Bowbells (Kenmare, ND). The come into the B District 5 challenge with a 7-2 record. In their last challenge, Kenmare/Bowbells edged Central McLean [Turtle Lake-Mercer/Underwood/McClusky] (Turtle Lake, ND), 59-49, in a non-league challenge.

Coming up next, the play the Mandaree Warriors (Mandaree, ND) in a non-league bout, on Saturday, January 11. Powers Lake/Burke Central will attempt to move on its 5-4 season record. The Warriors go into the bout with a 4-7 record after their 65-21 league loss to Garrison (Garrison, ND).