In Thursday's league outing, the Hurley Northstars (Hurley, WI) basketball squad overwhelmed the visiting Butternut Midgets (Butternut, WI), by a margin of 66-16.

The Northstars (2-0) will now prepare for their outing against Northland Pines (Eagle River, WI). The Eagles go into the non-league outing with a 3-1 record. In their last outing, Northland Pines smashed Rhinelander (Rhinelander, WI), 68-36, in a league outing.

The Midgets now own a 0-2 record. They play next when they host White Lake for a non-league outing on Monday, December 12. Butternut will encounter a Lakers squad coming off a 46-27 league loss to Marion (Marion, WI). The Lakers record now stands at 0-3.