The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Zumbrota-Mazeppa Cougars (Zumbrota, MN) and the host Lewiston-Altura Cardinals (Lewiston, MN), observed Zumbrota-Mazeppa's basketball team overwhelm Lewiston-Altura by a margin of 65-41.

The Cougars (6-10) will now prepare for their challenge against La Crescent (La Crescent, MN). The Lancers come into the non-league challenge with a 1-11 record. In their last challenge, La Crescent was trounced by Plainview-Elgin-Millville (Elgin, MN), 66-54, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Cardinals battle the Pine Island Panthers (Pine Island, MN) in a AA Section 1 challenge, on Friday, January 10. Lewiston-Altura will attempt to better on its 7-13 season record. The Panthers come into the challenge with a 4-9 record after their 61-38 league win over Lewiston-Altura (Lewiston, MN).