In Thursday's league outing, the Fall Creek Crickets (Fall Creek, WI) basketball squad overwhelmed the host Bloomer Blackhawks (Bloomer, WI), by a count of 70-49.

The Crickets (11-9) will now prepare for their outing against McDonell Central (Chippewa Falls, WI). The Macks go into the Cloverbelt - West outing with a 13-7 record. In their last outing, McDonell Central was crushed by Stanley-Boyd (Stanley, WI), 79-55, in a league outing.

The Blackhawks now hold a 18-2 record. They play next when they host Thorp for a Cloverbelt - West outing on Tuesday, February 13. Bloomer will clash with a Cardinals squad coming off a 68-62 league loss to Osseo-Fairchild (Osseo, WI). The Cardinals record now stands at 11-10.