The Lac Courte Oreilles Eagles (Hayward, WI) basketball crushed the host Butternut Midgets (Butternut, WI), 56-13 in Thursday's league bout.

The Eagles now possess a 1-3 record. They play next when they host Drummond for a Northern Lights bout on Monday, December 16. Lac Courte Oreilles will play a Lumberjacks team coming off a 55-49 league win over Hurley (Hurley, WI). The Lumberjacks record now stands at 3-2.

With the loss, Butternut falls to 0-2 on the campaign. The Midgets travel to Mellen (Mellen, WI) to play the Granite Diggers in a Northern Lights bout on Friday, December 13. The Granite Diggers go into the bout with a record of 2-0. Mellen won 83-38 in their recent league bout against South Shore (Port Wing, WI)