On the eve of their first practice of the year, Harlingen South's boys basketball team finds themselves state-ranked in the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches pre-season poll, joining three local girls squads who also made the cut.

Class 5A Boys:

22. Harlingen South

Class 3A Girls:

18. Hidalgo

25. Lyford

TAPPS Large School Girls

24. Brownsville St. Joseph