Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Storm Lake Tornadoes (Storm Lake, IA) and the host Denison-Schleswig Monarchs (Denison, IA), saw Storm Lake's basketball squad hold off Denison-Schleswig by a tally of 61-56.

With the victory, Storm Lake improves its record to 2-0 on the campaign. The Tornadoes host Spirit Lake (Spirit Lake, IA) to confront the Indians in a Lakes challenge on Friday, December 8. The Indians come into the challenge with a record of 1-2. Spirit Lake won 73-68 in their recent non-league challenge against Humboldt (Humboldt, IA)

Next up, the Monarchs confront the Kuemper Knights (Carroll, IA) in a Hawkeye Ten challenge, on Saturday, December 2. Denison-Schleswig will attempt to improve on its 0-2 season record.