Merrill Bluejays

varsity Football

Merrill, WIGreat Northern

Season: 2017-18
Overall: 4–6L3
Conference: 3–33rd of 7
Division: 3
Enrollment: 830WIAA

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Merrill#25D34–67

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Rice Lake#1D311–235

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52.4

State: #171 of 374▲3
Division 3: #25
Peak: #115
Schedule: 51.6
Quality wins: 0
Bad losses: 1

Game performance against this week's ratings
Wk	Opponent	Opp ES	Result	vs rating
1	Superior	61.0	L 10–20	-2
2	KewaskumD3	70.5	L 21–42	-0
3	MosineeD3	52.1	W 35–7	+24
4	Wausau East	32.0	W 48–7	+11
5	Ashland	38.9	L 12–16	-17
6	Lakeland	33.3	W 44–6	+11
7	Rhinelander	35.6	W 41–21	+2
8	MedfordD3	47.7	L 7–28	-25
9	AntigoD3	64.4	L 15–38	-8
10Level 1	Rice LakeD3	80.6	L 7–35	+5

Best win: MosineeD3 (52.1) · Worst loss: Ashland (38.9) · How it works

Overall

4–6

.400 win pct

Conference

3–3

3rd of 7 ·

Home: 3–2
Away: 1–4

PF: 240
PA: 220
Streak: L3

Schedule & results

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Football 2017-18

4-6 in listed gamesReached Level 1

All times Central · opponent divisions and records are this season’s · shaded rows are WIAA tournament games

Fri, Aug 187:00 PM CDTvs Superior3–6L 10–20
Fri, Aug 257:00 PM CDTat KewaskumD310–1L 21–42
Fri, Sep 17:00 PM CDTvs MosineeD35–5ConfW 35–7
Fri, Sep 87:00 PM CDTvs Wausau East1–8W 48–7
Fri, Sep 157:00 PM CDTat Ashland2–5ConfL 12–16
Sat, Sep 231:30 PM CDTvs Lakeland1–7ConfW 44–6
Fri, Sep 297:00 PM CDTat Rhinelander3–6ConfW 41–21
Fri, Oct 67:00 PM CDTvs MedfordD33–7ConfL 7–28
Fri, Oct 137:00 PM CDTat AntigoD310–2ConfL 15–38
Fri, Oct 20at Rice LakeD311–2Level 1L 7–35

Great Northern

2017-18

Great Northern standings, 2017-18
Team	W	L	PCT	OVR	PF	PA
Antigo	6	0	1.000	10–2	339	144
Mosinee	4	2	.667	5–5	251	227
Merrill	3	3	.500	4–6	240	220
Medford	3	3	.500	3–7	154	260
Rhinelander	2	4	.333	3–6	159	277
Ashland	2	4	.333	2–5	114	228
Lakeland	1	5	.167	1–7	164	355

Conference games only in W, L and PCT, counted from reported results and including tagged crossover games against another conference’s teams, as WIAA counts them. Members as listed on each team’s WIAA page.

Football history

96–108 in 23 seasons

Season	Record	Conf.	PF	PA	Games
2026-27	6–4	5–2	216	218	10
2025-26	7–4	5–2	245	228	11
2024-25	5–5	3–4	181	176	10
2023-24	0–9	0–7	13	213	9
2022-23	5–5	4–3	203	229	10
2021-22	2–7	2–5	81	250	9
2020-21	1–5	1–5	52	199	6
2019-20	2–7	2–4	103	249	9
2018-19	2–7	1–5	124	222	9
2017-18	4–6	3–3	240	220	10
2016-17	6–4	5–1	260	221	10
2015-16	5–2	Unavailable	152	79	7
2014-15	7–2	Unavailable	318	114	9
2013-14	6–3	Unavailable	286	147	9
2012-13	5–3	Unavailable	223	152	8
2011-12	4–5	Unavailable	173	220	9
2010-11	7–2	Unavailable	196	151	9
2009-10	6–1	Unavailable	206	84	7
2008-09	6–3	Unavailable	226	194	9
2007-08	2–6	Unavailable	153	195	8
2006-07	4–5	Unavailable	164	167	9
2005-06	1–8	Unavailable	165	309	9
2004-05	3–5	Unavailable	180	191	8

Football varsity results the archive holds — 204 finished games with a reported score. A season is counted from the games we have, so an unreported result is missing rather than assumed.Conference games are the games tagged as conference fixtures for a resolved member that season, including tagged crossover games against another conference’s teams, as WIAA counts them. Unavailable means membership could not be resolved; it is not a zero record.

Team details & records · 2017-18

Sport	Overall	Conference
Football	4-6	—

About these records

School record sourced from wiaa · view source ↗ · updated Fri, Sep 4, 2026