The Mellen Granite Diggers (Mellen, WI) basketball crushed the visiting South Shore Cardinals (Port Wing, WI), 66-24 in Friday's league test.

The Granite Diggers (5-8) will now prepare for their test against Washburn (Washburn, WI). The Castle Guards go into the Northern Lights test with a 10-2 record. In their last test, Washburn walloped Lac Courte Oreilles (Hayward, WI), 71-39, in a league test.

The Cardinals now own a 3-9 record. They play next when they travel to Cameron for a non-league test on Monday, January 22. South Shore will encounter a Comets squad coming off a 54-38 league win over Ashland (Ashland, WI). The Comets record now stands at 12-1.