Fans at Friday's non-league challenge between the North Star Knights (Rudyard, MT) and the visiting Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks (Chester, MT), saw North Star's basketball squad overcome Chester-Joplin-Inverness by a tally of 50-38.

With the victory, North Star improves its record to 10-2 on the campaign. The Knights travel to Big Sandy (Big Sandy, MT) to confront the Pioneers in a C District 9 challenge on Saturday, February 4. The Pioneers come into the challenge with a record of 10-5. Big Sandy won 61-59 in their recent league challenge against Box Elder (Box Elder, MT)

Next up, the Hawks confront the Hays-Lodge Pole Thunder Birds (Hays, MT) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, February 4. Chester-Joplin-Inverness will attempt to improve on its 5-8 season record. The Thunder Birds come into the challenge with a 3-10 record after their 56-55 non-league loss to Turner (Turner, MT).