This blog deals with the Catholic schools, for the most part, in the Milwaukee Archdiocese…schools in the Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, Sheboygan, Washington, Dodge, Ozaukee, Walworth, Waukesha and Fond du Lac counties. There are several charts to view to hopefully illustrate my research. My story starts in the 1950’s by keying in on the Milwaukee Archdiocese. In 1957 the Milwaukee Archdiocese had 24 high schools, four colleges and 198 grade schools as they served over 100,00

THE TOP GAME: So many games to choose from for the top game of the 1960’s. My first choice after going over a list of several great match ups including the season ending game between 1968 Madison East and Madison LaFollette and the 1966 Elmwood vs. St. Croix Central event that I mentioned in my book. That game started in September, but the end was replayed in November. Two good choices but as I said in Part 1 of this blog, the 1965 season ending battle between Oshkosh and

In Wisconsin, probably no other decade saw so many changes in the game. I can think of at least seven-ten major events or rule changes that occurred. 1965-1966 timeframe seems to be a good starting point: The first was the loosing of the substitution rules. There had been two-platoon rules and substitution changes for many years but in 1965 high school followed the NCAA’s lead and after limiting player changes when the clock had stopped in 1964, they, the NCAA, went with unl