The crowd at Friday's league bout between the Mio-Au Sable Thunderbolts (Mio, MI) and the host Hale Eagles (Hale, MI), saw Mio-Au Sable's basketball team top Hale by a tally of 59-51.

The Thunderbolts now possess a 12-4 record. They play next when they travel to Rogers City for a non-league bout on Tuesday, February 25. Mio-Au Sable will play a Hurons team coming off a 25-21 non-league loss to Tawas Area (Tawas City, MI). The Hurons record now stands at 12-8.

With the loss, Hale falls to 14-6 on the campaign. The Eagles travel to Alcona (Lincoln, MI) to play the Tigers in a non-league bout on Tuesday, February 25. The Tigers go into the bout with a record of 5-15. Alcona won 39-30 in their recent league bout against Whittemore-Prescott (Whittemore, MI)