In Friday's league outing, the Drummond Lumberjacks (Drummond, WI) basketball squad edged the visiting Mercer Tigers (Mercer, WI), by a count of 41-39.

The Lumberjacks (5-2) will now prepare for their outing against Solon Springs (Solon Springs, WI). The Eagles go into the Northern Lights outing with a 1-4 record. In their last outing, Solon Springs was tipped by Butternut (Butternut, WI), 67-45, in a league outing.

The Tigers now hold a 1-5 record. They play next when they host Hurley for a Northern Lights outing on Tuesday, December 19. Mercer will clash with a Northstars squad coming off a 40-34 league loss to Mellen (Mellen, WI). The Northstars record now stands at 3-3.