The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Wolves (Walker, MN) and the visiting Littlefork-Big Falls Vikings (Littlefork, MN), observed Walker-Hackensack-Akeley's basketball team knock off Littlefork-Big Falls by a score of 69-59.

The Wolves (14-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Blackduck (Blackduck, MN). The Drakes come into the non-league challenge with a 2-17 record. In their last challenge, Blackduck was knocked off by Cass Lake-Bena (Cass Lake, MN), 101-55, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Vikings encounter the North Woods grizzlies (Cook, MN) in a A Section 7 challenge, on Friday, February 7. Littlefork-Big Falls will attempt to improve on its 14-5 season record. The grizzlies come into the challenge with a 8-11 record after their 75-60 non-league loss to Greenway (Coleraine, MN).