Fans at Saturday's league challenge between the Heart River co-op [Belfield/South Heart] Cougars (Belfield, ND) and the visiting Hettinger/Scranton Black Devils (Hettinger, ND), saw Heart River co-op [Belfield/South Heart]'s basketball squad overcome Hettinger/Scranton by a tally of 51-42.

With the victory, Heart River co-op [Belfield/South Heart] improves its record to 2-1 on the campaign. The Cougars travel to Lemmon (Lemmon, SD) to confront the Cowboys in a non-league challenge on Thursday, January 5. The Cowboys come into the challenge with a record of 2-3. Lemmon won 58-14 in their recent league challenge against Newell (Newell, SD)

Next up, the Black Devils confront the Beulah Miners (Beulah, ND) in a B Region 7 challenge, on Tuesday, January 10. Hettinger/Scranton will attempt to improve on its 2-3 season record.