The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Harlingen Cardinals (Harlingen, TX) and the host Veterans Memorial Chargers (Brownsville, TX), observed Harlingen's basketball team knock off Veterans Memorial by a score of 70-51.

The Cardinals (17-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Weslaco (Weslaco, TX). The Panthers come into the non-league challenge with a 13-5 record. In their last challenge, Weslaco prevailed over St. Joseph Academy (Brownsville, TX), 59-25, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Chargers battle the Valley View Tigers (Pharr, TX) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, December 17. Veterans Memorial will attempt to improve on its 7-11 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 2-8 record after their 74-23 non-league loss to Weslaco (Weslaco, TX).