Fans at Tuesday's league challenge between the Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Thunder (Long Prairie, MN) and the visiting Verndale Pirates (Verndale, MN), saw Long Prairie-Grey Eagle's basketball squad knock off Verndale by a count of 68-57.

With the victory, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle upgrades its record to 13-10 on the campaign.

Next up, the Pirates play the Lake Park-Audubon Raiders (Lake Park, MN) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, March 3. Verndale will attempt to advance on its 7-14 season record. The Raiders go into the test with a 11-14 record after their 76-49 league loss to Battle Lake (Battle Lake, MN).