The Northern Freeze co-op [Marshall County Central/Tri-County] Northern Freeze (Newfolden, MN) basketball edged the visiting Stephen-Argyle Central Storm (Stephen, MN), 40-37 in Monday's league bout.

The Northern Freeze now possess a 9-9 record. They play next when they host Win-E-Mac for a A Section 8 bout on Tuesday, February 18. Northern Freeze co-op [Marshall County Central/Tri-County] will play a Patriots team coming off a 69-27 non-league loss to Badger/Greenbush-Middle River (Badger, MN). The Patriots record now stands at 2-22.

With the loss, Stephen-Argyle Central falls to 7-15 on the campaign. The Storm travel to Fertile-Beltrami (Fertile, MN) to play the Falcons in a A Section 8 bout on Thursday, February 20. The Falcons go into the bout with a record of 12-11. Fertile-Beltrami won 50-36 in their recent league bout against Red Lake County Central (Oklee, MN)