California High School Basketball - Merced thwarts Golden Valley
January 21, 2022: Merced, CA 95344 The Merced Bears (Merced, CA) basketball knocked off the visiting Golden Valley Cougars (Merced, CA), 53-40 in Friday's league test.
The Bears (11-9) will now prepare for their test against El Capitan (Merced, CA). The Gauchos go into the Central California Conference test with a 13-6 record. In their last test, El Capitan notched a victory over Golden Valley (Merced, CA), 60-43, in a league test.
The Cougars now own a 7-12 record. They play next when they host El Capitan for a Central California Conference test on Saturday, January 22. Golden Valley will encounter a Gauchos squad coming off a 58-22 league win over Central Valley (Ceres, CA). The Gauchos record now stands at 12-6.