In Friday's league outing, the Lakeland Thunderbirds (Minocqua, WI) basketball squad felled the host Northland Pines Eagles (Eagle River, WI), by a margin of 40-26.

The Thunderbirds (4-2) will now prepare for their outing against Tomahawk (Tomahawk, WI). The Hatchets go into the Great Northern outing with a 0-4 record. In their last outing, Tomahawk was beaten by Rhinelander (Rhinelander, WI), 69-26, in a league outing.

The Eagles now own a 3-6 record. They play next when they travel to Mosinee for a Great Northern outing on Tuesday, December 19. Northland Pines will encounter a Indians squad coming off a 71-18 league win over Antigo (Antigo, WI). The Indians record now stands at 6-1.