The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Spooner Rails (Spooner, WI) and the visiting Cumberland Beavers (Cumberland, WI), observed Spooner's basketball team edge Cumberland by a score of 40-33.

The Rails (1-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Ladysmith (Ladysmith, WI). The Lumberjacks come into the Heart O'North challenge with a 2-2 record. In their last challenge, Ladysmith edged Ashland (Ashland, WI), 63-31, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Beavers encounter the Barron Golden Bears (Barron, WI) in a Heart O'North challenge, on Friday, December 13. Cumberland will attempt to improve on its 1-3 season record.