The Maple Valley Raiders basketball team (Tower City, ND), was nudged 64-61 in Tuesday's non-league battle with the host Oak Grove Lutheran Grovers (Fargo, ND)

The Grovers now sport a 4-1 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Lisbon for a A Region 1 battle on Thursday, December 14. Oak Grove Lutheran will battle a Broncos team coming off a 62-43 league loss to Northern Cass (Hunter, ND). The Broncos record now stands at 1-3.

The Raiders (4-1) will now prepare for their battle against Mayville-Portland-Clifford-Galesburg (Mayville, ND). The Patriots come into the non-league battle with a 4-0 record.