The Rio Grande City Rattlers (Rio Grande City, TX) basketball crushed the host Valley View Tigers (Pharr, TX), 67-34 in Thursday's non-league test.

The Rattlers (5-5) will now prepare for their test against Progreso (Progreso, TX). The Red Ants go into the non-league test with a 5-0 record. In their last test, Progreso walloped La Villa (La Villa, TX), 68-47, in a non-league test.

The Tigers now own a 1-5 record. They play next when they travel to Pharr-San Juan-Alamo for a non-league test on Friday, December 2. Valley View will encounter a Bears squad coming off a 48-37 non-league loss to La Feria (La Feria, TX). The Bears record now stands at 5-6.