The Del Valle Cardinals will take on the San Marcos Rattlers at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
On Tuesday, Del Valle came up short against East View and fell 69-62. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 406th, while the Patriots are ranked 164th).
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, San Marcos' good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 57-56 to Bowie.
San Marcos' loss dropped their record down to 9-8. As for Del Valle, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-7.
Del Valle came out on top in a nail-biter against San Marcos in their previous matchup back in February of 2022, sneaking past 68-66. Will Del Valle repeat their success, or does San Marcos have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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