The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Floodwood Polar Bears (Floodwood, MN) and the host South Ridge Panthers (Culver, MN), observed Floodwood's basketball team overwhelm South Ridge by a margin of 70-44.

In their next game, the Panthers battle the Ely Timberwolves (Ely, MN) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, February 21. South Ridge will attempt to better on its 11-16 season record. The Timberwolves come into the challenge with a 13-8 record after their 57-47 non-league win over Deer River (Deer River, MN).