The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Mission Veterans Memorial Patriots (Mission, TX) and the host Weslaco East Wildcats (Weslaco, TX), observed Mission Veterans Memorial's basketball team edge Weslaco East by a score of 35-34.

The Patriots (4-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Pace (Brownsville, TX). The Vikings come into the non-league challenge with a 1-3 record. In their last challenge, Pace was tipped by Sharyland (Mission, TX), 48-27, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Wildcats encounter the Roma Gladiators (Roma, TX) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, November 16. Weslaco East will attempt to improve on its 2-5 season record. The Gladiators come into the challenge with a 3-5 record after their 32-27 non-league loss to Port Isabel (Port Isabel, TX).