California High School Basketball - Merced edges Atwater
January 20, 2016: Atwater, CA 95301 The Merced Bears (Merced, CA) basketball nipped the host Atwater Falcons (Atwater, CA), 45-43 in Wednesday's league test.
The Bears (10-10) will now prepare for their test against Golden Valley (Merced, CA). The Cougars go into the Central California Conference test with a 3-17 record. In their last test, Golden Valley was tipped by Turlock (Turlock, CA), 50-34, in a league test.
The Falcons now own a 9-11 record. They play next when they host Buhach Colony for a Central California Conference test on Friday, January 22. Atwater will encounter a Thunder squad coming off a 62-38 league loss to Pitman (Turlock, CA). The Thunder record now stands at 8-13.