California High School Basketball - Merced ripped by El Capitan
January 3, 2023: Merced, CA 95344 The El Capitan Gauchos basketball team scored 47 points and held the host Merced Bears to 13 in the Gauchos league triumph on Tuesday.
The Gauchos now sport a 13-4 record. They put it on the line next when they host Buhach Colony for a Central California Conference contest on Thursday, January 5. El Capitan will battle a Thunder team coming off a 46-42 league win over Golden Valley (Merced, CA). The Thunder record now stands at 7-6.
The Bears (8-7) will now prepare for their contest against Central Valley (Ceres, CA). The Hawks enter the Central California Conference contest with a 1-12 record. In their last contest, Central Valley was routed by Riverbank (Riverbank, CA), 62-25, in a non-league contest.