The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Park Rapids Panthers (Park Rapids, MN) and the visiting Pine River-Backus Tigers (Pine River, MN), observed Park Rapids's basketball team knock off Pine River-Backus by a score of 65-54.

The Panthers (2-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Pillager (Pillager, MN). The Huskies come into the non-league challenge with a 3-4 record. In their last challenge, Pillager prevailed over Verndale (Verndale, MN), 46-27, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Tigers encounter the Verndale Pirates (Verndale, MN) in a A Section 5 challenge, on Friday, December 20. Pine River-Backus will attempt to improve on its 7-3 season record. The Pirates come into the challenge with a 1-6 record after their 46-27 non-league loss to Pillager (Pillager, MN).