In Thursday's league outing, the Win-E-Mac Patriots (Erskine, MN) basketball squad edged the visiting Blackduck Drakes (Blackduck, MN), by a count of 45-41.

The Patriots (3-20) will now prepare for their outing against Badger/Greenbush-Middle River (Badger, MN). The Gators go into the non-league outing with a 20-3 record. In their last outing, Badger/Greenbush-Middle River held off Goodridge/Grygla (Goodridge, MN), 61-33, in a league outing.

The Drakes now hold a 4-13 record. They play next when they host Cass Lake-Bena for a A Section 8 outing on Friday, February 17. Blackduck will clash with a Panthers squad coming off a 90-64 non-league win over Red Lake (Red Lake, MN). The Panthers record now stands at 8-9.