Fans at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Northwestern Area Wildcats (Mellette, SD) and the visiting Langford Lions (Langford, SD), saw Northwestern Area's basketball squad wallop Langford by a count of 78-38.

With the victory, Northwestern Area upgrades its record to 16-5 on the campaign. The Wildcats travel to Warner (Warner, SD) to play the Monarchs in a non-league challenge on Friday, March 3. The Monarchs come into the challenge with a record of 14-7. Warner won 56-45 in their recent non-league challenge against Waverly/South Shore (Waverly, SD)