In Friday's league outing, the Mancelona Ironmen (Mancelona, MI) basketball squad beat the host Johannesburg-Lewiston Cardinals (Johannesburg, MI), by a count of 62-45.

The Ironmen (2-2) will now prepare for their outing against Pine River Area (Leroy, MI). The Bucks go into the non-league outing with a 1-3 record. In their last outing, Pine River Area defeated Lake City (Lake City, MI), 36-28, in a league outing.

The Cardinals now hold a 0-4 record. They play next when they host Rudyard for a non-league outing on Monday, December 19. Johannesburg-Lewiston will clash with a Bulldogs squad coming off a 64-21 non-league win over Engadine (Engadine, MI). The Bulldogs record now stands at 1-1.