The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Northwestern Tigers (Maple, WI) and the visiting Ladysmith Lumberjacks (Ladysmith, WI), observed Northwestern's basketball team edge Ladysmith by a score of 40-36.

The Tigers (15-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Cameron (Cameron, WI). The Comets come into the Heart O'North challenge with a 16-3 record.

In their next game, the Lumberjacks battle the Hayward Hurricanes (Hayward, WI) in a Heart O'North challenge, on Tuesday, February 11. Ladysmith will attempt to improve on its 13-8 season record. The Hurricanes come into the challenge with a 9-10 record after their 55-39 league win over Cumberland (Cumberland, WI).