In Thursday's non-league outing, the Hart Pirates (Hart, MI) basketball squad beat the visiting Big Rapids Cardinals (Big Rapids, MI), by a count of 92-84.

The Pirates (4-0) will now prepare for their outing against Ravenna (Ravenna, MI). The Bulldogs go into the Western Michigan Lakes - Rivers outing with a 1-1 record. In their last outing, Ravenna defeated Shelby (Shelby, MI), 61-41, in a league outing.

The Cardinals now hold a 3-1 record. They play next when they host Coopersville for a non-league outing on Wednesday, December 21. Big Rapids will clash with a Broncos squad coming off a 47-43 league loss to Spring Lake (Spring Lake, MI). The Broncos record now stands at 2-2.