The Heston Academy Patriots (St. Helen, MI) basketball crushed the visiting Hale Eagles (Hale, MI), 53-22 in Tuesday's league bout.

The Patriots now possess a 6-2 record. They play next when they host Tawas Area for a non-league bout on Thursday, January 16. Heston Academy will play a Braves team coming off a 84-49 non-league loss to Roscommon (Roscommon, MI). The Braves record now stands at 3-4.

With the loss, Hale falls to 2-7 on the campaign. The Eagles travel to Atlanta (Atlanta, MI) to play the Huskies in a North Star bout on Friday, January 17. The Huskies go into the bout with a record of 0-7. Atlanta lost 54-35 in their recent league bout against Posen (Posen, MI)