In Thursday's non-league outing, the L'Anse Purple Hornets (L'Anse, MI) basketball squad felled the visiting Ontonagon Gladiators (Ontonagon, MI), by a margin of 59-45.

The Purple Hornets (7-5) will now prepare for their outing against Chassell (Chassell, MI). The Panthers go into the Copper Mountain outing with a 2-9 record. In their last outing, Chassell was beaten by Ewen-Trout Creek (Ewen, MI), 57-11, in a non-league outing.

The Gladiators now own a 3-9 record. They play next when they host Wright for a Copper Mountain outing on Monday, January 29. Ontonagon will clash with a Red Devils squad coming off a 35-17 non-league loss to Baraga (Baraga, MI). The Red Devils record now stands at 9-3.