The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Fairmont Cardinals (Fairmont, MN) and the visiting St. James Saints (St. James, MN), observed Fairmont's basketball team edge St. James by a score of 61-54.

The Cardinals (1-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Redwood Valley (Redwood Falls, MN). The Cardinals come into the AA Section 3 challenge with a 2-1 record. In their last challenge, Redwood Valley edged Minnewaska Area (Glenwood, MN), 87-47, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Saints battle the Tri-City United [Montgomery-Lonsdale/Le Center] Titans (Montgomery, MN) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, December 10. St. James will attempt to improve on its 0-2 season record. The Titans come into the challenge with a 0-3 record after their 86-16 league loss to Waseca (Waseca, MN).