The Ballinger Bearcats (Ballinger, TX) baseball the host Merkel Badgers (Merkel, TX), 16-13 in Saturday's non-league challenge.

The Bearcats now own a 3-3 record. They take the field next when they travel to Winters for a non-league challenge on Friday, March 21.

With the defeat, Merkel drops to 5-2 on the year. The Badgers travel to Grape Creek (San Angelo, TX) to clash with the Eagles in a 3A Region I District 6 challenge on Tuesday, March 4. The Eagles go into the challenge with a record of 1-0. Grape Creek won 13-0 in their recent non-league challenge against Midland Texas Leadership Charter Academy (Midland, TX)