The North Star Knights basketball team scored 42 points and limited the visiting Hays-Lodge Pole Thunder Birds to 40 in the Knights league triumph on Friday.

The Knights now possess a 2-0 record. They play next when they travel to Box Elder for a C District 9 game on Saturday, December 21. North Star will confront a Bears team coming off a 55-43 non-league win over Rocky Boy (Box Elder, MT). The Bears record now stands at 2-0.

With the loss, Hays-Lodge Pole falls to 0-2 on the campaign. The Thunder birds host Box Elder (Box Elder, MT) to confront the Bears in a C District 9 game on Friday, January 3. The Bears go into the game with a record of 2-2. Box Elder lost 52-45 in their recent league game against North Star (Rudyard, MT)