Valley View Cougars (Archbald, PA) backers were pleased Wednesday as they saw their basketball squad crush the visiting Mid Valley Spartans (Throop, PA), 61-24 in a non-league test.

The Cougars (1-0) will now prepare for their test against Wallenpaupack Area (Hawley, PA). The Buckhorns go into the non-league test with a 3-0 record. In their last test, Wallenpaupack Area walloped Honesdale (Honesdale, PA), 44-18, in a league test.

The Spartans now own a 0-2 record. They play next when they host Dunmore for a Lackawanna 3 test on Monday, January 2. Mid Valley will encounter a Bucks squad coming off a 58-42 non-league win over Scranton (Scranton, PA). The Bucks record now stands at 4-1.