The Harbor Beach Pirates (Harbor Beach, MI) basketball nipped the visiting Marlette Red Raiders (Marlette, MI), 40-37 in Thursday's league test.

The Pirates (14-3) will now prepare for their test against Croswell-Lexington (Croswell, MI). The Pioneers go into the non-league test with a 12-6 record. In their last test, Croswell-Lexington was tipped by Yale (Yale, MI), 42-39, in a league test.

The Red Raiders now own a 10-6 record. They play next when they travel to Almont for a non-league test on Monday, February 19. Marlette will encounter a Raiders squad coming off a 41-37 league win over Algonac (Algonac, MI). The Raiders record now stands at 5-13.