The Barron Golden Bears (Barron, WI) basketball crushed the visiting Spooner Rails (Spooner, WI), 63-36 in Thursday's league test.

The Golden Bears (3-7) will now prepare for their test against Ashland (Ashland, WI). The Oredockers go into the Heart O'North test with a 4-8 record. In their last test, Ashland was trounced by St. Croix Falls (St. Croix Falls, WI), 65-52, in a league test.

The Rails now own a 0-8 record. They play next when they host Cameron for a Heart O'North test on Tuesday, January 17. Spooner will encounter a Comets squad coming off a 96-57 non-league win over Chequamegon (Park Falls, WI). The Comets record now stands at 7-3.