Fans at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Maple Lake Irish (Maple Lake, MN) and the host Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Lakers (Howard Lake, MN), saw Maple Lake's basketball squad overcome Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted by a tally of 48-33.

With the victory, Maple Lake improves its record to 1-6 on the campaign. The Irish travel to Long Prairie-Grey Eagle (Long Prairie, MN) to confront the Thunder in a A Section 5 challenge on Thursday, December 21. The Thunder come into the challenge with a record of 2-6. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle lost 63-27 in their recent league challenge against Braham (Braham, MN)

Next up, the Lakers confront the Rockford Rockets (Rockford, MN) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, December 21. Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted will attempt to improve on its 0-7 season record. The Rockets come into the challenge with a 2-4 record after their 65-33 non-league loss to Superior (Superior, WI).