The Trinity Christian Lions are taking a road trip to challenge the Merkel Badgers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Friday, Trinity Christian ended up a good deal behind Stratford and lost 28-14. The Lions were down 28-6 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Meanwhile, Merkel was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They were beaten by Cisco 56-14. The Badgers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 35-0.
Merkel might have lost, but man, Rayson Houston was a machine: he rushed for 71 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, and also picked up 51 receiving yards. The dominant performance gave Houston a new career-high in rushing yards.
Trinity Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Merkel, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
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