In Thursday's league outing, the Fall Creek Crickets (Fall Creek, WI) basketball squad edged the host Bloomer Blackhawks (Bloomer, WI), by a margin of 48-44.

The Crickets (16-3) will now prepare for their outing against Melrose-Mindoro (Melrose, WI). The Mustangs go into the non-league outing with a 13-7 record. In their last outing, Melrose-Mindoro held off Eleva-Strum (Strum, WI), 63-59, in a league outing.

The Blackhawks now own a 8-13 record. They play next when they travel to Thorp for a Cloverbelt - West outing on Tuesday, February 6. Bloomer will clash with a Cardinals squad coming off a 70-36 league loss to Osseo-Fairchild (Osseo, WI). The Cardinals record now stands at 3-18.