In Tuesday's league outing, the Butternut Midgets (Butternut, WI) basketball squad edged the host Lac Courte Oreilles Eagles (Hayward, WI), by a margin of 56-49.

The Midgets (2-2) will now prepare for their outing against Mellen (Mellen, WI). The Granite Diggers go into the Northern Lights outing with a 1-3 record. In their last outing, Mellen held off Washburn (Washburn, WI), 53-47, in a league outing.

The Eagles now own a 0-5 record. They play next when they travel to Drummond for a Northern Lights outing on Friday, December 8. Lac Courte Oreilles will clash with a Lumberjacks squad coming off a 46-39 league win over Hurley (Hurley, WI). The Lumberjacks record now stands at 2-2.