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Merkel Ballinger

Badgers M

Bearcats

The Ballinger (TX) varsity softball team won Monday's home non-conference game against Merkel (TX) by a score of 3-1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Merkel	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	3
Ballinger	0	0	2	0	0	1	-	3	5	2

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Ballinger (24-25)

Merkel

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	2B
	Team Totals	.192	26	26	1	5	1
00	Kindsey Rich	.000	3	3	0	0	0
0000	Brooklyn Homen	.000	3	3	0	0	0
00000	Sirena Flores	.667	3	3	1	2	1
00000	Kennedy Justice	.333	3	3	0	1	0
00000	Teaghan Meyer	.333	3	3	0	1	0
00000	Lilly Nichols	.000	1	1	0	0	0
00000	Emily Pope	.000	3	3	0	0	0
00000	Bailey Smith	.000	3	3	0	0	0

Ballinger

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.231	27	26	3	6	3	1
3	Olivia Aguilera	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
4	K. Weathers	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0
5	Emma Gallant	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
6	Kamryn Medrano	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
7	M. Halfmann	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
8	Jennah Halfmann	.000	3	3	1	0	0	0
10	Jessa Battle	.667	3	3	1	2	1	1
13	Ava Aguilera	.333	3	3	0	1	1	0
14	K. Villarreal	.333	3	3	0	1	1	0

Merkel

#	Athlete Name	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	6	2	4	.192	.231	.423
00	Kindsey Rich	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
0000	Brooklyn Homen	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000
00000	Sirena Flores	0	1	0	.667	1.000	1.667
00000	Kennedy Justice	0	1	1	.333	.333	.666
00000	Teaghan Meyer	0	0	2	.333	.333	.666
00000	Lilly Nichols	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000
00000	Emily Pope	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000
00000	Bailey Smith	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000

Ballinger

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	8	2	1	6	.259	.269	.528
3	Olivia Aguilera	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
4	K. Weathers	1	2	0	0	1	.333	.000	.333
5	Emma Gallant	0	2	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000
6	Kamryn Medrano	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
7	M. Halfmann	0	2	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000
8	Jennah Halfmann	0	1	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
10	Jessa Battle	0	0	0	0	0	.667	1.000	1.667
13	Ava Aguilera	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
14	K. Villarreal	0	1	0	0	2	.333	.333	.666

Merkel

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	2
000	Miley Lenard	1

Baserunning

Ballinger has not entered any baserunning stats.

Merkel

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.875	24	18	3	3
00	Kindsey Rich	.333	3	1	0	2
0000	Brooklyn Homen	1.000	3	3	0	0
00000	Sirena Flores	1.000	10	10	0	0
00000	Kennedy Justice	.750	4	3	0	1
00000	Lilly Nichols	1.000	1	0	1	0
00000	Emily Pope	1.000	1	1	0	0
00000	Bailey Smith	1.000	1	0	1	0

Ballinger

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.957	23	21	1	1	1
3	Olivia Aguilera	1.000	2	2	0	0	1
4	K. Weathers	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
5	Emma Gallant	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
6	Kamryn Medrano	.750	4	3	0	1	0
8	Jennah Halfmann	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
10	Jessa Battle	1.000	6	6	0	0	1
12	Alexia Martinez	1.000	2	1	1	0	0
13	Ava Aguilera	1.000	6	6	0	0	0

Merkel

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	0.00	0	0		1				0
00000	Lilly Nichols	0.00	0	0		1				0

Ballinger

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	1.00	1	0	1.000	1				0
4	K. Weathers	1.00	1	0	1.000	1				0

Merkel

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	5	3	0	1	8			0	27	26
00000	Lilly Nichols	3	2	1	0	0	6			0	12	12

Ballinger

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	6	1	1	0	6			0	26	26
4	K. Weathers	7	6	1	1	0	6			0	26	26

Merkel

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.192	.222	0	0			91
00000	Lilly Nichols	.167	.167	0	0			42

Ballinger

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.231	.231	0	0			84
4	K. Weathers	.231	.231	0	0			84

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Game Story

Texas High School Softball - Merkel tipped by Ballinger

March 17, 2025: Ballinger, TX 76821

The Merkel Badgers softball squad (Merkel, TX), 3-1 in Monday's non-league contest with the host Ballinger Bearcats (Ballinger, TX)

With the triumph, Ballinger improves its record to 3-4 on the year. The Bearcats host Winters (Winters, TX) to face the Blizzards in a non-league contest on Tuesday, March 18. The Blizzards enter the contest with a record of 3-5. Winters won 18-2 in their recent non-league contest against Westbrook (Westbrook, TX)

The Badgers now hold a 3-6 record. They play next when they host Clyde for a 3A Region I District 6 contest on Friday, March 21. Merkel will face a Bulldogs squad coming off a 16-0 league win over Grape Creek (San Angelo, TX). The Bulldogs record now stands at 15-3.

Merkel @ Ballinger Softball Game Info

Mon., Mar. 17, 2025 @ 5p

Ballinger High School

The Ballinger (TX) varsity softball team won Monday's home non-conference game against Merkel (TX) by a score of 3-1.

Rankings & Records

Merkel (24-25)

TX	Section	State Div.
902	205	133

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
3-14	1-10	1-5	0-9	2-0	.176	.091	71	131

Ballinger (24-25)

TX	Section
847	194

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
6-10	3-5	3-4	3-4	0-2	.375	.375	87	148

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Merkel	1.1	.7	.8	.5	.5	.7	1.0	4.2	6.4	3.3
Ballinger	1.0	.5	.8	1.2	.5	1.5	0	5.4	5.5	2.6

Team Stat Comparison

Merkel		Ballinger
.249	Batting Average	.267
.300	On Base Percentage	.324
.357	Slugging Percentage	.387
.872	Fielding Percentage	.886
.000	Win Loss Percentage	.429

Team Leaders

Merkel		Ballinger	National Avg.
#00000 Sirena Flores.436	Batting Average	#10 Jessa Battle.407	.287
#00000 Sirena Flores.488	On Base Percentage	#5 Emma Gallant.471	.406
#00000 Sirena Flores.667	Slugging Percentage	#13 Ava Aguilera.800	.393
#0 Sofia Rodriguez1.000	Fielding Percentage	#10 Jessa Battle1.000	.829
#00000 Lilly Nichols0	Win Loss Percentage	#4 Kyndall Weathers1.000	.558

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merkel	1-4		Ballinger	0-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/28/25	Merkel	Bangs	(W) 11-5	4/8/25	Bangs	Ballinger	(L) 5-2
				4/11/25	Ballinger	Bangs	(L) 18-8
3/21/25	Clyde	Merkel	(L) 11-0	2/14/25	Ballinger	Clyde	(L) 22-0
3/25/25	Merkel	Clyde	(L) 3-2
3/28/25	Wall	Merkel	(L) 14-1	2/27/25	Wall	Ballinger	(L) 19-0
4/1/25	Merkel	Wall	(L) 9-1

Record Breakdown

M Merkel (24-25)		Ballinger (24-25)
3-14	Overall	6-10
1-10	League	3-5
0-1	Non-League	2-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-4	Common Opponent	0-4
1-5	Home	3-4
0-9	Away	3-4
2-0	Neutral	0-2
0-0	Playoff	0-1
3-14	In-State	6-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0