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Ozona Merkel

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Badgers M

The Merkel (TX) varsity softball team won Thursday's neutral tournament game against Ozona (TX) by a score of 9-0.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Ozona	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	2	6
Merkel	3	2	3	1	-	-	-	9	9	1

Final score provided by R. Swafford.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Ozona (25-26)

Ozona has not entered stats for this game.

Merkel (25-26)

Merkel

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.375	25	24	9	9	5	4
1	Kenleigh George (Fr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0
5	Avery Carter (So)	.333	3	3	1	1	1	0
7	Aubrie Kalen (So)	.000	2	2	1	0	0	0
8	Brooklyn Homen (So)	.000	3	3	0	0	1	0
9	Bailey Smith (So)	.500	2	2	1	1	0	1
12	McKinley Crouch (Fr)	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0
13	Zoey Hedrick (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	1	1	0
15	Aubree Abbott (So)	.500	2	2	1	1	0	0
20	Paisley Penney (Fr)	.333	3	3	2	1	1	1
23	Sirena Flores (Jr)	1.000	3	3	1	3	1	2

Merkel

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	1	3	1	4	.400	.542	.942
1	Kenleigh George (Fr)	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.666
5	Avery Carter (So)	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
7	Aubrie Kalen (So)	0	0	1	0	4	.000	.000	.000
8	Brooklyn Homen (So)	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.000	.000
9	Bailey Smith (So)	0	0	0	0	2	.500	1.000	1.500
12	McKinley Crouch (Fr)	1	1	0	0	1	.333	.000	.333
13	Zoey Hedrick (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
15	Aubree Abbott (So)	0	0	0	0	3	.500	.500	1.000
20	Paisley Penney (Fr)	0	0	1	0	2	.333	.667	1.000
23	Sirena Flores (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.667	2.667

Merkel

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
15	Aubree Abbott (So)	1

Merkel

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.929	14	12	1	1
1	Kenleigh George (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
12	McKinley Crouch (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
13	Zoey Hedrick (Fr)	.000	1	0	0	1
23	Sirena Flores (Jr)	1.000	11	10	1	0

Merkel

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	0.00	0	0		1				0
6	Lily Nichols (So)	0.00	0	0		1				0

Merkel

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	4	2	0	0	2	9			0	17	15
6	Lily Nichols (So)	4	2	0	0	2	9			0	17	15

Merkel

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.133	.235	1	0			89
6	Lily Nichols (So)	.133	.235	1	0			89

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Game Story

Texas High School Softball - Merkel bounces Ozona

February 19, 2026: Ozona, TX 76943

The Merkel Badgers softball team scored 9 runs and held the host Ozona Lions to 0 in the Badgers non-league win on Thursday.

The Badgers now sport a 10-0 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Reagan County for a non-league battle on Thursday, February 19. Merkel will confront a Owls team coming off a 13-2 non-league loss to Coahoma (Coahoma, TX). The Owls record now stands at 2-2.

The Lions (1-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Sonora (Sonora, TX). The Broncos go into the non-league challenge with a 6-2 record. In their last challenge, Sonora toppled Compass Academy (Odessa, TX), 11-8, in a non-league challenge.

Ozona vs Merkel Softball Game Info

Thu., Feb. 19, 2026 @ 10:45a

The Merkel (TX) varsity softball team won Thursday's neutral tournament game against Ozona (TX) by a score of 9-0.

Rankings & Records

Ozona (25-26)

TX	Section	State Div.
1,022	240	160

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
6-19	2-7	2-7	1-9	3-3	.240	.222	138	282

Merkel (25-26)

TX	Section	State Div.
314	72	44

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
25-9-1	7-5	7-3	5-4	13-2-1	.729	.583	311	95

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Ozona	1.2	1.3	.7	1.2	.5	.8	.8	-	5.5	7.1	2.1
Merkel	2.9	1.5	2.0	1.0	1.4	1.4	1.2	1.0	8.9	9.4	1.4

Team Stat Comparison

Ozona		Merkel
.289	Batting Average	.375
.386	On Base Percentage	.452
.407	Slugging Percentage	.520
.936	Fielding Percentage	.923
-	Win Loss Percentage	.643

Team Leaders

Ozona		Merkel	National Avg.
#13 Mercedes Perez.593	Batting Average	#6 Lily Nichols.667	.288
#13 Mercedes Perez.656	On Base Percentage	#6 Lily Nichols.750	.406
#13 Mercedes Perez.852	Slugging Percentage	#23 Sirena Flores.796	.395
#1 Monica Rodriguez1.000	Fielding Percentage	#23 Sirena Flores.992	.828
-	Win Loss Percentage	#12 McKinley Crouch.667	.557

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Ozona	0-7		Merkel	7-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/10/26	Crane	Ozona		2/12/26	Crane	Merkel	(W) 16-0
2/10/26	San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy	Ozona	(L) 12-10	4/10/26	San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy	Merkel	(W) 18-1
				4/10/26	San Angelo Texas Leadership Charter Academy	Merkel	(W) 15-0
2/19/26	Ozona	Anson	(L) 12-2	2/19/26	Anson	Merkel	(W) 7-0
2/24/26	Sonora	Ozona	(L) 15-4	2/12/26	Merkel	Sonora	(W) 13-0
4/10/26	Reagan County	Ozona	(L) 16-3	2/19/26	Reagan County	Merkel	(W) 10-3
4/14/26	Ozona	Reagan County	(L) 13-6
4/17/26	Ozona	Forsan	(L) 14-4	2/21/26	Merkel	Forsan	(W) 5-1
4/17/26	Ozona	Forsan	(L) 26-4

Record Breakdown

Ozona (25-26)		M Merkel (25-26)
6-19	Overall	25-9-1
2-7	League	7-5
1-3	Non-League	4-0
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-7	Common Opponent	7-0
2-7	Home	7-3
1-9	Away	5-4
3-3	Neutral	13-2-1
0-2	Playoff	2-3
6-19	In-State	25-9-1
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0