Fans at Saturday's league challenge between the Fertile-Beltrami Falcons (Fertile, MN) and the visiting Blackduck Drakes (Blackduck, MN), saw Fertile-Beltrami's basketball squad hold off Blackduck by a tally of 57-52.

With the victory, Fertile-Beltrami improves its record to 4-1 on the campaign. The Falcons travel to East Grand Forks (East Grand Forks, MN) to confront the Green Wave in a non-league challenge on Tuesday, January 10. The Green Wave come into the challenge with a record of 3-2.

Next up, the Drakes confront the Nevis Tigers (Nevis, MN) in a A Section 5 challenge, on Thursday, January 5. Blackduck will attempt to improve on its 0-2 season record.