The Fairmont Cardinals (Fairmont, MN) basketball toppled the visiting New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva Panthers (New Richland, MN), 52-44 in Tuesday's non-league bout.

The Cardinals now possess a 1-0 record. They play next when they host Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial for a non-league bout on Tuesday, December 3. Fairmont will play a Knights team coming off a 76-51 non-league loss to Jackson County Central (Jackson, MN). The Knights record now stands at 0-1.

With the loss, New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva falls to 0-2 on the campaign. The Panthers host Maple River (Mapleton, MN) to play the Eagles in a AA Section 2 bout on Tuesday, December 3. The Eagles go into the bout with a record of 0-2. Maple River lost 60-39 in their recent league bout against Waterville-Elysian-Morristown (Waterville, MN)