The 1976 football season rolled around quickly after summer baseball, and it would be a very good year for the Truckers. They opened the season where they left off by beating Oconto in the opener 70-0. Mike Jirschele was spectacular as he rushed 11 times for 147 yards, running 43-yards for one touchdown, passing 16 and 27-yards for two more as well as kicking eight extra points and tossing for a 2-point conversion. Running the wishbone offense, he didn’t need to pass often

After the 1950 football season ended, the “Bear” came calling. T he Clintonville “Truckers” finished 7-1-0 on the 1950 season and won the Northwoods Conference title. They were led by Don Jirschele who earned 3rd team Associated Press All-State after scoring 17 touchdowns and kicking six extra points for 108 points. In a 60-0 win over New London, Don scored seven times on runs of 41, 40, 29, 14 and 2 yards as well as returning two interceptions for scores of 100 and 87 yar

Over in St. Francis the Catholic Archdiocese seminary for Milwaukee in the mid-1940’s was flush with so many attendees that no new applications were being accepted. This was a far cry 25 years later when applications had drastically slowed. The Archdiocese invited the religious order, the Marianist brothers and priests from St. Louis to come and establish a school. They first formed Milwaukee Messmer on the north side of Milwaukee and then, seeing a need for a school on th