The crowd at Monday's league challenge between the Shell Lake Lakers (Shell Lake, WI) and the visiting Turtle Lake Lakers (Turtle Lake, WI), observed Shell Lake's basketball team edge Turtle Lake by a score of 44-42.

The Lakers (3-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Siren (Siren, WI). The Dragons come into the Lakeland - West challenge with a 1-2 record. In their last challenge, Siren was tipped by Grantsburg (Grantsburg, WI), 73-63, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Lakers encounter the Clear Lake Warriors (Clear Lake, WI) in a Lakeland - West challenge, on Friday, December 13. Turtle Lake will attempt to improve on its 2-1 season record. The Warriors come into the challenge with a 3-0 record after their 67-36 league win over Northwood (Minong, WI).