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The Merkel Badgers didn’t win a game in Wes Wood’s first season in 2024. Fast forward to 2025, Wood and the Badgers are 7-4 ...

When you think of great Big Country football teams beyond Abilene, Merkel isn’t among those that first come to mind. Yet third-year Badgers coach Will Kates is trying to change that. He believes it ...

Merkel Badgers: https://scorebooklive.com/texas/football/teams/253198-merkel-badgers Compass Academy Cougars: https://scorebooklive.com/texas/football/teams/510553 ...

BIG COUNTRY, Texas — Having their first winless season in 2 decades was not how Merkel Head Coach Wes Wood wanted to start his tenure with the Badgers. However, he explained us that the adversity that ...

MERKEL, Texas - John Cornelius was once an assistant and coordinator for Merkel Football, now he's in line to be head coach. KTXS Sports spoke with district superintendent Bill Hood on Thursday, who ...

MERKEL, Texas (BCH Sports) – Over in the Windmill City, there’s a new head coach in town, and his name is Wes Wood. After their first winning season since 2017, Merkel decided to go in a different ...

Scores and highlights from Thursday night, November 13, 2005 in the Texas high school football playoffs. Class 5A Div.