Football Preview: Grape Creek Eagles vs. Merkel Badgers
The Grape Creek Eagles are taking a road trip to face off against the Merkel Badgers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Grape Creek is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
Grape Creek is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Wall on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Grape Creek was dealt a 58-6 loss at the hands of Wall. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 967th, while the Hawks are ranked 208th).
Meanwhile, Merkel was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat. They fell 39-31 to Stanton. One positive for the Badgers, at least, is that this was the most points they've scored all season.
Grape Creek's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 3-6. As for Merkel, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
Things could have been worse for Grape Creek, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 34-18 loss to Merkel in their previous meeting back in November of 2019. Can Grape Creek avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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