The Mellen Granite Diggers basketball team (Mellen, WI), was overwhelmed 82-32 in Thursday's league battle with the visiting Washburn Castle Guards (Washburn, WI)

The Castle Guards now possess a 2-0 record. They put it on the line next when they host Mercer for a Northern Lights battle on Friday, December 8. Washburn will battle a Tigers team coming off a 42-29 league loss to South Shore (Port Wing, WI). The Tigers record now stands at 0-2.

The Granite Diggers (1-2) will now prepare for their battle against Butternut (Butternut, WI). The Midgets come into the Northern Lights battle with a 0-4 record. In their last battle, Butternut was overwhelmed by Lac Courte Oreilles (Hayward, WI), 63-22, in a league battle.