It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Florence can now relate to. They came up short against the Merkel Badgers on Friday, falling 12-0. While getting shut out isn't ideal, the Buffaloes haven't been shut out since back in February.
This is the second loss in a row for Florence and nudges their season record down to 10-10-1. As for Merkel, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 24-6-1.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Florence beat the Badgers by a score of 3-1 later that day.
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