In Friday's league outing, the Cherry Tigers (Iron, MN) basketball squad edged the visiting Cook Little Gophers (Cook, MN), by a count of 67-65.

The Tigers (9-11) will now prepare for their outing against Floodwood (Floodwood, MN). The Polar Bears go into the non-league outing with a 15-7 record. In their last outing, Floodwood nipped AlBrook (Saginaw, MN), 71-47, in a non-league outing.

The Little Gophers now hold a 5-16 record. They take the field next when they travel to Ely for a non-league outing on Monday, March 3. Cook will encounter a Timberwolves squad coming off a 107-34 league win over Mesabi Academy (Buhl, MN). The Timberwolves record now stands at 12-10.