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Merkel Ballinger

Badgers M

Bearcats

The Ballinger (TX) varsity volleyball team won Friday's neutral tournament match against Merkel (TX) by a score of 2-0.

	S1	S2	Wins
Merkel	24	15	0
Ballinger	26	25	2

Final score provided by R. Jones.

Recap
Matchup Info

Match Story

Texas High School Volleyball - Ballinger over Merkel

August 22, 2025: Merkel, TX 79536

The Ballinger Bearcats volleyball team scored 2 points and restricted the host Merkel Badgers to 0 in the Bearcats non-league triumph on Friday.

The Bearcats now have a 4-1 record. They play next when they travel to Tahoka for a non-league outing on Saturday, August 23. Ballinger will play a Bulldogs team coming off a 0-0 non-league Loop (Loop, TX). The Bulldogs record now stands at 2-9.

With the loss, Merkel drops to 1-3 on the campaign. The Badgers travel to Tahoka (Tahoka, TX) to play the Bulldogs in a non-league game on Saturday, August 23. The Bulldogs go into the game with a record of 3-9. Tahoka won 3-0 in their recent non-league game against Holy Cross (Midland, TX)

Merkel vs Ballinger Volleyball Match Info

Fri., Aug. 22, 2025 @ 8a

The Ballinger (TX) varsity volleyball team won Friday's neutral tournament match against Merkel (TX) by a score of 2-0.

Rankings & Records

Merkel (25-26)

TX	Section	State Div.
965	211	124

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	SW	SL
13-19	1-10	5-6	5-10	3-3	.406	.091	38	53

Ballinger (25-26)

TX	Section
975	213

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	SW	SL
16-18	1-9	7-7	5-6	4-5	.471	.100	49	59

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Merkel	21.3	20.4	17.5	18.8	12.5	1.2
Ballinger	19.0	19.4	17.2	17.8	5.5	1.4

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merkel	5-4		Ballinger	7-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/21/25	Merkel	Reagan County	(W) 2-0	8/22/25	Reagan County	Ballinger	(W) 2-0
				9/27/25	Ballinger	Reagan County	(L) 3-2
				10/14/25	Reagan County	Ballinger	(W) 3-1
8/23/25	Merkel	Tahoka	(W) 2-0	8/23/25	Ballinger	Tahoka	(W) 2-0
8/23/25	Merkel	Coahoma	(L) 2-0	8/23/25	Coahoma	Ballinger	(L) 2-1
				8/30/25	Ballinger	Coahoma	(L) 2-0
8/26/25	Roscoe	Merkel	(W) 3-0	9/2/25	Ballinger	Roscoe	(W) 3-1
8/28/25	Loraine	Merkel	(W) 2-0	8/12/25	Ballinger	Loraine	(W) 3-0
9/6/25	Hawley	Merkel	(L) 3-2	8/29/25	Ballinger	Hawley	(L) 2-0
9/9/25	Merkel	San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy	(L) 3-0	8/29/25	Ballinger	San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy	(L) 2-1
9/27/25	San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy	Merkel	(L) 3-0
9/30/25	Merkel	Grape Creek	(W) 3-0	8/16/25	Grape Creek	Ballinger	(W) 2-1
10/18/25	Grape Creek	Merkel		8/26/25	Grape Creek	Ballinger	(W) 3-1

Record Breakdown

M Merkel (25-26)		Ballinger (25-26)
13-19	Overall	16-18
1-10	League	1-9
9-5	Non-League	8-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
5-4	Common Opponent	7-5
5-6	Home	7-7
5-10	Away	5-6
3-3	Neutral	4-5
0-0	Playoff	0-0
13-19	In-State	16-18
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0