In Thursday's non-league outing, the Rapid River Rockets (Rapid River, MI) basketball squad edged the visiting Big Bay de Noc Black Bears (Cooks, MI), by a count of 60-56.

The Rockets (5-8) will now prepare for their outing against North Central (Powers, MI). The Jets go into the non-league outing with a 4-7 record. In their last outing, North Central was tipped by Florence (Florence, WI), 46-42, in a non-league outing.

The Black Bears now hold a 7-1 record. They play next when they travel to Nah Tah Wahsh for a Northern Lights outing on Tuesday, January 16.