This story features, in two parts, two great teams who year in year out played in maybe the toughest conference in the state during the 1980’s.  The teams were directed by two Hall of Fame coaches who are representative of the most outstanding members in their profession. In picking the top game of for the story concerning “THE 1980’s GREATS”, I ran across a series of usually close and exciting encounters between the two great ball clubs:  Milwaukee Marquette Academy and Wauk

UPDATER AT 10:50AM, 2/26/2025 Hopefully you liked Part 1…The Top Teams.  Now I move on to the Top Game, Coach and Players of the decade. THE TOP GAME All the WIAA state finals in 1980 and 1987 were low scoring/close margin games. Great battles under the eyes of those watching at Camp Randall.  Another game of note was the 1986 shoot-out between Kimberly and Sheboygan South, a 37-33 Papermakers (Sept.12) win.

As the decade of the 1980’s opened both the WIAA and WISSA were making changes to the post-season.  Under pressure from schools/coaches/media the two organizations were listening and they began to slowly expand playoff participation.  Some schools were also reaching national recognition in polls like the weekly USA Super-25.  There were, of course, some minor rule changes as well as equipment improvements but the big change was a growing threat to the sport…soccer.  Parents,