The Shell Lake Lakers (Shell Lake, WI) basketball were winner over the host Barron Golden Bears (Barron, WI), 50-40 in Friday's non-league bout.

The Lakers now possess a 9-0 record. They play next when they travel to South Shore for a non-league bout on Monday, December 30. Shell Lake will play a Cardinals team coming off a 59-37 non-league win over Frederic (Frederic, WI). The Cardinals record now stands at 5-3.

With the loss, Barron falls to 5-4 on the campaign. The Golden bears travel to Osceola (Osceola, WI) to play the Chieftains in a non-league bout on Friday, January 3. The Chieftains go into the bout with a record of 2-5. Osceola lost 68-40 in their recent non-league bout against Cameron (Cameron, WI)