The Mellen Granite Diggers (Mellen, WI) basketball crushed the visiting Birchwood Bobcats (Birchwood, WI), 79-52 in Friday's non-league bout.

The Granite Diggers now possess a 6-0 record. They play next when they host Hurley for a Northern Lights bout on Monday, January 6.

With the loss, Birchwood falls to 3-3 on the campaign. The Bobcats travel to Clayton (Clayton, WI) to play the Bears in a Lakeland - East bout on Tuesday, January 7. The Bears go into the bout with a record of 4-2.