Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Pine Island Panthers (Pine Island, MN) and the visiting St. Charles Fighting Saints (St. Charles, MN), saw Pine Island's basketball squad overcome St. Charles by a tally of 66-58.

With the victory, Pine Island improves its record to 2-6 on the campaign. The Panthers travel to Stewartville (Stewartville, MN) to confront the Tigers in a non-league challenge on Tuesday, January 3. The Tigers come into the challenge with a record of 4-3. Stewartville won 67-61 in their recent non-league challenge against Plainview-Elgin-Millville (Elgin, MN)

Next up, the Fighting Saints confront the Cotter Ramblers (Winona, MN) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 12. St. Charles will attempt to improve on its 2-6 season record.