In Tuesday's league contest, the visiting Pickford Panthers basketball team scored a big 67-42 triumph over the Rudyard Bulldogs.

The Panthers (5-1) will now prepare for their contest against Brimley (Brimley, MI). The Bays go into the Eastern Upper Peninsula contest with a 5-3 record. In their last contest, Brimley smashed Newberry (Newberry, MI), 71-49, in a league contest.

In their next game, the Bulldogs confront the Sault Area Blue Devils (Sault St. Marie, MI) in a non-league contest, on Thursday, January 9. Rudyard will attempt to better on its 6-4 season record. The Blue Devils go into the contest with a 0-7 record after their 70-26 non-league loss to Traverse City Central (Traverse City, MI).