Fans at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Deer River Warriors (Deer River, MN) and the visiting Rock Ridge co-op [Eveleth-Gilbert/Virginia] Wolverines (Eveleth, MN), saw Deer River's basketball squad overcome Rock Ridge co-op [Eveleth-Gilbert/Virginia] by a tally of 74-61.

With the victory, Deer River improves its record to 20-5 on the campaign. The Warriors host North Woods (Cook, MN) to confront the grizzlies in a A Section 7 challenge on Friday, March 3. The grizzlies come into the challenge with a record of 16-10. North Woods won 105-81 in their recent league challenge against Carlton (Carlton, MN)