Texas High School Basketball - Merkel edges Cooper
November 7, 2023: Abilene, TX 79605 In Tuesday's non-league outing, the Merkel Badgers (Merkel, TX) basketball squad nipped the host Cooper Cougars (Abilene, TX), by a margin of 47-44.
The Badgers (1-0) will now prepare for their outing against Brownwood (Brownwood, TX). The Lions go into the non-league outing with a 1-0 record. In their last outing, Brownwood got by Eastland (Eastland, TX), 67-54, in a non-league outing.
The Cougars now own a 1-1 record. They play next when they travel to Godley for a non-league outing on Friday, November 10. Cooper will encounter a Wildcats squad coming off a 64-37 non-league win over Joshua (Joshua, TX). The Wildcats record now stands at 1-0.
