In Wednesday's league outing, the Negaunee Miners (Negaunee, MI) basketball squad overwhelmed the visiting Ishpeming Hematites (Ishpeming, MI), by a margin of 70-47.

The Miners (7-1) will now prepare for their outing against Munising (Munising, MI). The Mustangs go into the non-league outing with a 7-0 record. In their last outing, Munising smashed Manistique (Manistique, MI), 55-34, in a non-league outing.

The Hematites now own a 5-2 record. They take the field next when they travel to Westwood for a Mid-Peninsula outing on Friday, January 13. Ishpeming will encounter a Patriots squad coming off a 59-56 league win over Gwinn (Gwinn, MI). The Patriots record now stands at 2-6.