The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Negaunee Miners (Negaunee, MI) and the host Ishpeming Hematites (Ishpeming, MI), observed Negaunee's basketball team overwhelm Ishpeming by a score of 55-30.

The Miners (11-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Gwinn (Gwinn, MI). The Modeltowners come into the Mid-Peninsula challenge with a 1-7 record. In their last challenge, Gwinn was routed by Bark River-Harris (Harris, MI), 45-41, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Hematites encounter the West Iron County Wykons (Iron River, MI) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 14. Ishpeming will attempt to improve on its 5-2 season record. The Wykons come into the challenge with a 2-5 record after their 47-28 non-league loss to Negaunee (Negaunee, MI).