Fans at Tuesday's league challenge between the Pine River-Backus Tigers (Pine River, MN) and the visiting Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Wolves (Walker, MN), saw Pine River-Backus's basketball squad wallop Walker-Hackensack-Akeley by a tally of 74-47.

With the victory, Pine River-Backus improves its record to 14-7 on the campaign. The Tigers host Kelliher/Northome (Northome, MN) to confront the Mustangs in a non-league challenge on Thursday, February 23. The Mustangs come into the challenge with a record of 2-15. Kelliher/Northome lost 101-65 in their recent league challenge against Red Lake (Red Lake, MN)

Next up, the Wolves confront the Nevis Tigers (Nevis, MN) in a A Section 5 challenge, on Friday, February 24. Walker-Hackensack-Akeley will attempt to improve on its 6-15 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 17-6 record after their 53-48 non-league win over Mahnomen/Waubun (Mahnomen, MN).