The Iron Mountain Mountaineers (Iron Mountain, MI) basketball crushed the host Manistique Emeralds (Manistique, MI), 68-30 in Thursday's league bout.

The Mountaineers now possess a 9-2 record. They play next when they host Negaunee for a Mid-Peninsula bout on Tuesday, January 21. Iron Mountain will play a Miners team coming off a 64-48 non-league loss to Westwood (Ishpeming, MI). The Miners record now stands at 8-4.

With the loss, Manistique falls to 2-9 on the campaign. The Emeralds host Munising (Munising, MI) to play the Mustangs in a non-league bout on Monday, January 20. The Mustangs go into the bout with a record of 10-2. Munising won 62-28 in their recent non-league bout against Rudyard (Rudyard, MI)