Browse past news stories for Merrill High School in Merrill, WI.

• 87-year-old hunter hangs it up (Wausau Daily Herald)
  posted on November 21, 2009 at 10:38:01 am
  Roland Hetfeld had a remarkable year in 1946.
• MDN All-Area Volleyball Dream Team (includes slideshow) (Midland Daily News)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 06:55:13 am
  Dow High's volleyball season could have been defined by adversity. But thanks in large part to senior hitter Taryn McGrew and head coach Kristin Eddy, it was defined instead by resilience and success.
• WVCA honors five area athletes (Watertown Daily Times)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 07:34:15 pm
  Watertown senior outside hitter Erienne Lauersdorf headed a list of five area athletes honored by the Wisconsin Volleyball Coaches Association in all-state voting held recently.
• Merrill students attend Capitol rally protesting school-funding cuts (The Saginaw News)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 05:24:25 pm
  Merrill High School’s principal said 90 Merrill students were mere observers at a Tuesday rally on the steps of the state Capitol hosted by opponents of state funding cuts for public schools.
• Veterans Day events (Wausau Daily Herald)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 10:41:32 am
  LIA Veterans Day luncheon will be from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. today at Newman Catholic High School, 1130 W. Bridge St.
• Merrill gripped with Bluejay fever (Wausau Daily Herald)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 10:32:45 am
  MERRILL -- The chants started off soft and subdued, almost as though the hundreds of students in the stands at Merrill High Schools field house werent interested in Thursday afternoons pep rally.
• Fired-up Merrill crushes Tomah (The Tomah Journal)
  posted on November 2, 2009 at 04:58:49 pm
  Sports Editor MERRILL -- The excitement and anticipation in Merrill has been building since its last football game 11 days ago, and it smothered the Tomah Timberwolves Tuesday.
• Big games in Edgar, Merrill: Trick-or-treat, football (Wausau Daily Herald)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 09:33:16 am
  Trick-or-treaters in Merrill and Edgar might find darkened homes this weekend when they set out to gather sweets and treats.
• Gridders travel to Merrill for first-round game (The Tomah Journal)
  posted on October 28, 2009 at 03:31:13 pm
  Tom Tourdilott’s first game as Merrill High School coach was a wet, muddy, messy 19-0 loss to Tomah in 2005.
• More high school students get jump on college (Wausau Daily Herald)
  posted on October 26, 2009 at 09:33:35 am
  Before Megan Manago even sets foot in her first university classroom, she already will have earned seven college credits.
• Students 'Make a Difference' volunteering at nine homes in Saginaw (The Saginaw News)
  posted on October 23, 2009 at 07:24:18 pm
  View full size Jeff Schrier | The Saginaw News Robert Essex, 17, left, a Carrollton High School senior, son of Ayanna Solgate of Carrollton, and Sparkle Jackson, 17, a Saginaw High School senior, daughter of Zenobia Jackson of Saginaw clean up weeds in front of a house at 512 N. Franklin in Saginaw during Make a Difference Day.
• Prep volleyball: Merrill earns No. 1 seed for playoffs (Wausau Daily Herald)
  posted on October 16, 2009 at 05:20:37 pm
  The Merrill High School girls volleyball team, which rolled in its first regular season match Thursday since the death of coach Sally Pfund, earned a No. 1 seed for the WIAA playoffs, which begin Thursday.
• Merrill coach, teacher Pfund remembered for making a difference (Wausau Daily Herald)
  posted on October 15, 2009 at 09:36:31 am
  MERRILL -- Hundreds of people said their final goodbyes Wednesday to a Merrill High School coach and teacher during a visitation service at the school.
• Hundreds Gather to Remember Merrill Volleyball Coach Sally Pfund (WSAW Wausau)
  posted on October 15, 2009 at 03:19:36 am
  Hundreds of people gathered at Merrill High School Thursday night for Sally Pfund’s funeral service. The volleyball coach died last week after suffering a stroke during brain surgery.
• Hundreds remember Coach Pfund at Merrill High (Wausau Daily Herald)
  posted on October 14, 2009 at 11:35:31 pm
  Hundreds of people said their final good-byes tonight to a Merrill High School coach and teacher during a visitation service at the school.
• Merrill to Play First Game Since Coach Pfund's Passing (WSAW Wausau)
  posted on October 13, 2009 at 09:34:46 am
  The girls' volleyball team at Merrill High School will play its first game on Tuesday since losing its coach.
• Merrill High School plans tributes to beloved coach (Wausau Daily Herald)
  posted on October 10, 2009 at 09:36:21 am
  MERRILL -- Students and staff members at Merrill High School on Friday grieved for teacher and head girls volleyball coach Sally Pfund, who died late Thursday at the age of 49.
• Merrill School System Mourns Death of Coach (WJFW Rhinelander)
  posted on October 10, 2009 at 12:09:48 am
  - Family, friends, students, faculty and staff are mourning the loss of a local teacher who passed away. 49-year-old Merrill High School physical education teacher and coach, Sally Pfund, died last night at Saint Joe's Hospital in Marshfield.
• UPDATE: Merrill Volleyball Coach Dies After Suffering Stroke During Brain Surgery (WSAW Wausau)
  posted on October 8, 2009 at 08:53:43 pm
  The Merrill High School Volleyball Coach has died after suffering a stroke during brain surgery.
• Merrill High School Head Volleyball Coach suffers massive stroke (WAOW Wausau)
  posted on October 8, 2009 at 08:12:12 pm
   Merrill High School Head Volleyball Coach Sally Pfund is in critical condition at St. Joe's hospital in Marshfield.
• Merrill volleyball coach suffers massive stroke (Wausau Daily Herald)
  posted on October 8, 2009 at 07:16:23 pm
  MERRILL Sally Pfund, the head girls volleyball coach at Merrill High School, suffered a massive stroke and her family is not expecting her to survive, according to Merrill Area Public Schools.
• 2009 Merrill Marching Band Competition a rush for marching bands (Wausau Daily Herald)
  posted on October 5, 2009 at 09:32:19 am
  Despite Sunday afternoons damp and windy conditions, the bands played on during the 2009 Merrill Marching Band Competition at Merrill High Schools Jay Stadium.
• German Foreign Exchange Students Learn About America at Merrill High School (WSAW Wausau)
  posted on September 28, 2009 at 09:32:42 pm
  Twenty high school students are in Merrill for the next three weeks, thousands of miles from home.
• German, Merrill students exchange ideas, interests (Wausau Daily Herald)
  posted on September 28, 2009 at 09:43:40 am
  MERRILL -- German students who arrived in Wisconsin this weekend said they plan to learn more about American life during a three-week exchange program.
• Harold Martin Faust (Hibbing Daily Tribune)
  posted on September 25, 2009 at 03:04:54 am
  Harold M. Faust, 89, of Chisholm, died Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, at his home in Chisholm. He was born Dec. 2, 1919, in Merrill, Wis., to Martin and Nathalia (Krampitz) Faust.
• Gallery: Merrill vs. Antigo football game (Wausau Daily Herald)
  posted on September 19, 2009 at 10:47:52 pm
  Scenes during Saturday's Merrill vs. Antigo football game at Merrill High School football field. Xai Kha/wausau Daily Herald print photo | photos main page | buy photo
• Photos: Weekend prep football (Wausau Daily Herald)
  posted on September 19, 2009 at 10:47:52 pm
  Scenes during Saturday's Merrill vs. Antigo football game at Merrill High School football field. Xai Kha/wausau Daily Herald print photo | photos main page | buy photo
• Merrill students, teachers adapt to new flex schedule (Wausau Daily Herald)
  posted on September 16, 2009 at 09:34:16 am
  MERRILL -- Once every 30 minutes during the school day, Kyle Andreska reaches for the worn copy of his class schedule in his pocket.
• High schoolers shaped by 9/11 (Wausau Daily Herald)
  posted on September 11, 2009 at 09:34:52 am
  Mosinee High School senior Tyler Brehmer is headed to Afghanistan in August, destined to fight as a member of the U.S. Army when he graduates.
• Blood drive at Merrill High School (The Saginaw News)
  posted on September 10, 2009 at 12:54:29 pm
  The Michigan Community Blood Centers is hosting a blood donation drive in the media center at Merrill High School, 431 W. Alice, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today.