Texas High School Basketball - Merkel routs Grape Creek
January 7, 2022: San Angelo, TX 76901 In Friday's league outing, the Merkel Badgers (Merkel, TX) basketball squad overwhelmed the host Grape Creek Eagles (San Angelo, TX), by a margin of 69-2.
The Badgers (7-5) will now prepare for their outing against Jim Ned (Tuscola, TX). The Indians go into the 3A Region I District 6 outing with a 21-1 record. In their last outing, Jim Ned smashed Wall (Wall, TX), 64-24, in a league outing.
The Eagles now own a 0-14 record. They play next when they host Brady for a 3A Region I District 6 outing on Tuesday, January 11. Grape Creek will clash with a Bulldogs squad coming off a 52-42 league loss to Ballinger (Ballinger, TX). The Bulldogs record now stands at 12-9.