The Harbor Beach Pirates (Harbor Beach, MI) basketball crushed the visiting Marlette Red Raiders (Marlette, MI), 59-23 in Wednesday's league bout.

The Pirates now possess a 6-0 record. They play next when they host Yale for a non-league bout on Friday, January 3.

With the loss, Marlette falls to 2-5 on the campaign. The Red raiders host Capac (Capac, MI) to play the Chiefs in a Greater Thumb - East bout on Wednesday, January 8. The Chiefs go into the bout with a record of 1-6. Capac lost 68-48 in their recent non-league bout against Bentley (Burton, MI)