The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Village Tech Viper Squid (Duncanville, TX) and the visiting Polytechnic Parrots (Fort Worth, TX), observed Village Tech's basketball squad hold off Polytechnic by a count of 28-23.

With the victory, Village Tech advances its record to 1-4 on the year. The Viper Squid travel to Trinity Leadership (Cedar Hill, TX) to meet the Tigers in a 3A Region II District 9 battle on Friday, December 19. The Tigers enter the battle with a record of 4-9.

The Parrots now own a 4-8 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Castleberry for a non-league challenge on Friday, December 12. Polytechnic will battle a Lions team coming off a 32-29 non-league loss to Carter-Riverside (Fort Worth, TX). The Lions record now stands at 6-9.