In Friday's league outing, the St. Mary Cathedral Snowbirds (Gaylord, MI) basketball squad edged the visiting Mancelona Ironmen (Mancelona, MI), by a margin of 36-33.

The Snowbirds (10-5) will now prepare for their outing against Ellsworth (Ellsworth, MI). The Lancers go into the non-league outing with a 7-9 record. In their last outing, Ellsworth held off North Michigan Christian Academy (Burt Lake, MI), 75-32, in a league outing.

The Ironmen now own a 13-3 record. They play next when they host Inland Lakes for a Ski-Valley outing on Wednesday, February 7. Mancelona will clash with a Bulldogs squad coming off a 83-49 league win over Pellston (Pellston, MI). The Bulldogs record now stands at 10-6.