Fans at Tuesday's league challenge between the Pine River-Backus Tigers (Pine River, MN) and the host Laporte Wildcats (Laporte, MN), saw Pine River-Backus's basketball squad wallop Laporte by a tally of 74-44.

With the victory, Pine River-Backus improves its record to 4-15 on the campaign. The Tigers host Cass Lake-Bena (Cass Lake, MN) to confront the Panthers in a non-league challenge on Friday, February 9. The Panthers come into the challenge with a record of 15-8. Cass Lake-Bena won 91-53 in their recent league challenge against Kelliher/Northome (Northome, MN)

Next up, the Wildcats confront the Lake of the Woods Bears (Baudette, MN) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, February 8. Laporte will attempt to improve on its 6-23 season record. The Bears come into the challenge with a 0-17 record after their 80-35 league loss to Bagley (Bagley, MN).