The Petoskey Northmen (Petoskey, MI) basketball crushed the visiting Alpena Wildcats (Alpena, MI), 97-51 in Thursday's league bout.

The Northmen now possess a 8-6 record. They play next when they travel to Swan Valley for a non-league bout on Saturday, January 25. Petoskey will play a Vikings team coming off a 55-53 non-league win over Bullock Creek (Midland, MI). The Vikings record now stands at 6-6.

With the loss, Alpena falls to 3-10 on the campaign. The Wildcats host Petoskey (Petoskey, MI) to play the Northmen in a Big North bout on Tuesday, January 28. The Northmen go into the bout with a record of 8-6.