In Friday's non-league game, the Mahnomen/Waubun Thunderbirds (Mahnomen, MN) football team triumphed over the host Polk County West [Climax/Fisher] Knights (Climax, MN), by a score of 35-0.

In their next game, the Thunderbirds face the Pine River-Backus Tigers (Pine River, MN) in a non-league game, on Friday, October 10. Mahnomen/Waubun will attempt to improve on its 6-0 season record. The Tigers enter the game with a 2-4 record after their 29-22 league loss to Bagley (Bagley, MN).

The Knights (2-4) will now prepare for their outing against Cass Lake-Bena/Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig (Cass Lake, MN). The come into the non-league outing with a 1-5 record. In their last outing, Cass Lake-Bena/Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig was overwhelmed by Walker-Hackensack-Akeley (Walker, MN), 48-0, in a non-league outing.