The crowd at Monday's league challenge between the Martin County West Mavericks (Sherburn, MN) and the visiting Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop Thunderbirds (Winthrop, MN), observed Martin County West's basketball team overcome Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop by a margin of 53-39.

The Mavericks (1-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Cleveland (Cleveland, MN). The Clippers come into the A Section 2 challenge with a 0-1 record. In their last challenge, Cleveland dropped by Kenyon-Wanamingo (Kenyon, MN), 61-42, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Thunderbirds battle the Wabasso Rabbits (Wabasso, MN) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, December 3. Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop will attempt to better on its 1-2 season record. The Rabbits come into the challenge with a 0-3 record after their 54-48 league loss to Tracy-Milroy-Balaton (Tracy, MN).