The Merced Bears football squad scored 32 points and limited the visiting Patterson Tigers to 6 in the Bears non-league triumph on Thursday.

The Bears now sport a 1-0 record. They take the field next when they host Gregori for a non-league test on Thursday, August 29. Merced will meet a Jaguars squad coming off a 20-6 non-league loss to Buhach Colony (Atwater, CA). The Jaguars record now stands at 0-1.

With the defeat, Patterson drops to 0-1 on the campaign. The Tigers travel to Lathrop (Lathrop, CA) to meet the Spartans in a non-league test on Thursday, September 5. The Spartans come into the test with a record of 1-0.