The Burrell Bucs (Lower Burrell, PA) basketball knocked off the visiting Valley Vikings (New Kensington, PA), 55-44 in Tuesday's league test.

The Bucs (8-6) will now prepare for their test against Shady Side Academy (Pittsburgh, PA). The Bulldogs go into the WPIAL 3A 3 test with a 9-4 record. In their last test, Shady Side Academy went down by Deer Lakes (Russellton, PA), 53-51, in a league test.

The Vikings now own a 3-12 record. They play next when they travel to Apollo Ridge for a WPIAL 3A 3 test on Friday, January 20. Valley will encounter a Vikings squad coming off a 75-23 non-league loss to Summit Academy (Herman, PA). The Vikings record now stands at 1-15.