Merced High School

During Monday night’s Merced City Council meeting, leaders paid tribute to members of the Merced High School Varsity Girl’s Water Polo Team 2024-25 who became Section Champions for the first time ever in program history. The Lady Bears went undefeated in regular play this past season, and then in November, they won the CIF Sac-Joaquin…

At age 96, Louis Padilla has a pretty sharp memory of the things he did in his life, though maybe some details are a bit hazy around the edges.…

The Class of 2023 includes 3,735 graduates in six high school districts across Merced County. Most of them — 2,707 — are from campuses in the Merced Union High…

Bears embrace future at ceremony in new stadium Merced High School’s graduating Class of 2022 — about 500 strong — and all their family members and friends appeared to max out the capacity of the new Cathie Hostetler Stadium on June 2. It was the first-ever commencement ceremony at the stadium that was completed during the…

The annual Nannini Baseball Game filled the stands at Merced High as usual last Thursday night. The special game — now in its 19th year —…

In case you didn’t notice all the fanfare last week — including congratulatory balloons and messages on cars and trucks throughout the region — there were…

Thousands of local high school seniors who make up the Class of 2020 received their diplomas during a series of “drive-thru graduation” ceremonies at the six main campuses in the Merced Union High School District, along with related education sites. Seniors and their families arrived to diploma presentation areas in decorated cars. Each senior…

Merced High School and El Capitan High School represented our area in the FCCLA competition on Saturday, Feb. 8, at East Union High School.…

For some Merced High School students, the old gym on campus was a winter wonderland last Friday night. A large number of special education students…

The City of Merced's Class of 2019 was warmly greeted by friends, family, and community members as they made their way to Merced High, Golden Valley, and El Capitan's graduation ceremonies on Thursday evening. Taken together, the hundreds of student scholars, athletes, musicians, actors, and Mercedians from all walks of life that make up the Class…