The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Pine River-Backus Tigers (Pine River, MN) and the visiting Sebeka Trojans (Sebeka, MN), observed Pine River-Backus's basketball team edge Sebeka by a score of 77-70.

The Tigers (3-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Red Lake (Red Lake, MN). The Warriors come into the A Section 8 challenge with a 1-3 record. In their last challenge, Red Lake was tipped by Grygla-Gatzke (Grygla, MN), 60-47, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Trojans encounter the Verndale Pirates (Verndale, MN) in a A Section 5 challenge, on Friday, December 13. Sebeka will attempt to improve on its 1-2 season record. The Pirates come into the challenge with a 2-2 record after their 59-50 non-league loss to Wadena-Deer Creek (Wadena, MN).