In Thursday's non-league outing, the Negaunee Miners (Negaunee, MI) basketball squad beat the visiting Escanaba Eskymos (Escanaba, MI), by a count of 69-53.

The Miners (6-1) will now prepare for their outing against Ishpeming (Ishpeming, MI). The Hematites go into the Mid-Peninsula outing with a 0-1 record. In their last outing, Ishpeming was topped by Manistique (Manistique, MI), 56-55, in a league outing.

The Eskymos now hold a 3-5 record. They take the field next when they travel to Menominee for a Great Northern U.P. outing on Monday, January 7. Escanaba will encounter a Maroons squad coming off a 80-50 non-league loss to Wrightstown (Wrightstown, WI). The Maroons record now stands at 2-4.