The Laporte Wildcats basketball team (Laporte, MN), was routed 124-59 in Friday's non-league battle with the host Cass Lake-Bena Panthers (Cass Lake, MN)

The Panthers now sport a 20-8 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Blackduck for a A Section 8 battle on Monday, February 26. Cass Lake-Bena will battle a Drakes team coming off a 75-62 non-league loss to Cook County (Grand Marais, MN). The Drakes record now stands at 3-20.

The Wildcats (1-27) will now prepare for their battle against Walker-Hackensack-Akeley (Walker, MN). The Wolves come into the A Section 5 battle with a 11-13 record. In their last battle, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley was routed by Nevis (Nevis, MN), 93-52, in a league battle.