The crowd at Monday's league challenge between the Southern Aroostook Warriors (Dyer Brook, ME) and the visiting Stearns Minutemen (Millinocket, ME), observed Southern Aroostook's basketball team edge Stearns by a score of 60-57.

The Warriors (5-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Katahdin (Sherman Station, ME). The Cougars come into the D North challenge with a 4-2 record.

In their next game, the Minutemen encounter the Katahdin Cougars (Sherman Station, ME) in a D North challenge, on Thursday, January 2. Stearns will attempt to improve on its 2-5 season record. The Cougars come into the challenge with a 4-2 record after their 60-30 non-league win over Fort Fairfield (Fort Fairfield, ME).