The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Pine City Dragons (Pine City, MN) and the host Cloquet Lumberjacks (Cloquet, MN), observed Pine City's basketball team edge Cloquet by a score of 50-49.

The Dragons (5-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (Galesville, WI). The Red Hawks come into the non-league challenge with a 0-10 record. In their last challenge, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau was tipped by Lewiston-Altura (Lewiston, MN), 60-44, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Lumberjacks encounter the Esko Eskomos (Esko, MN) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 2. Cloquet will attempt to improve on its 4-7 season record. The Eskomos come into the challenge with a 4-9 record after their 68-50 non-league loss to Hermantown (Hermantown, MN).