The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Deer River Warriors (Deer River, MN) and the visiting Cass Lake-Bena Panthers (Cass Lake, MN), observed Deer River's basketball team edge Cass Lake-Bena by a score of 88-86.

The Warriors (4-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Barnum (Barnum, MN). The Bombers enter the non-league battle with a 5-0 record. In their last battle, Barnum tipped Hinckley-Finlayson (Hinckley, MN), 79-39, in a league battle.

The Panthers now own a 0-4 record. They put it on the line next when they host Laporte for a non-league battle on Thursday, December 18. Cass Lake-Bena will meet a Wildcats squad coming off a 75-38 league loss to Sebeka (Sebeka, MN). The Wildcats record now stands at 1-4.