The Mellen Granite Diggers (Mellen, WI) basketball toppled the host Washburn Castle Guards (Washburn, WI), 68-48 in Thursday's league bout.

The Granite Diggers now possess a 3-0 record. They play next when they host Butternut for a Northern Lights bout on Friday, December 13. Mellen will play a Midgets team coming off a 66-4 league loss to Hurley (Hurley, WI). The Midgets record now stands at 0-1.

With the loss, Washburn falls to 2-2 on the campaign. The Castle guards travel to Mercer (Mercer, WI) to play the Tigers in a Northern Lights bout on Friday, December 13. The Tigers go into the bout with a record of 0-2. Mercer lost 68-23 in their recent league bout against South Shore (Port Wing, WI)