The Merced Bears (Merced, CA) football knocked off the visiting Hilmar Yellowjackets (Hilmar, CA), 33-7 in Thursday's non-league outing.

The Bears now sport a 4-0 record. They take the field next when they travel to Enochs for a non-league outing on Thursday, September 26. Merced will clash with a Eagles squad coming off a 33-8 non-league loss to East Union (Manteca, CA). The Eagles record now stands at 1-3.

With the defeat, Hilmar drops to 0-2 on the campaign. The Yellowjackets travel to Escalon (Escalon, CA) to clash with the Cougars in a outing on Thursday, September 26. The Cougars come into the outing with a record of 2-2. Escalon won 26-14 in their recent league outing against Sonora (Sonora, CA)