The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Shell Lake Lakers (Shell Lake, WI) and the visiting Northwood Evergreens (Minong, WI), observed Shell Lake's basketball team edge Northwood by a score of 55-53.

The Lakers (11-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Clear Lake (Clear Lake, WI). The Warriors come into the Lakeland - West challenge with a 14-2 record. In their last challenge, Clear Lake edged Webster (Webster, WI), 60-48, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Evergreens encounter the Siren Dragons (Siren, WI) in a Lakeland - West challenge, on Tuesday, February 11. Northwood will attempt to improve on its 4-13 season record. The Dragons come into the challenge with a 4-15 record after their 79-59 league loss to Unity (Balsam Lake, WI).