The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Gilman Pirates (Gilman, WI) and the host Bruce Red Raiders (Bruce, WI), observed Gilman's basketball team knock off Bruce by a score of 75-66.

The Pirates (2-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Cornell (Cornell, WI). The Chiefs come into the non-league challenge with a 1-5 record. In their last challenge, Cornell prevailed over Winter (Winter, WI), 78-58, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Red Raiders encounter the Northwood Evergreens (Minong, WI) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 3. Bruce will attempt to improve on its 2-5 season record. The Evergreens come into the challenge with a 0-6 record after their 82-42 league loss to Grantsburg (Grantsburg, WI).