Updated on February 21, 2024 Continuing on with some stories on some early teams   1896  While the Milwaukee City Conference was the first conference to organize in 1893, a second, in 1896 was formed in Dodge County.  At a September meeting in Beaver Dam, that school joined Waupun, Mayville, Fox Lake, Juneau and Horicon to form the Dodge County Athletic Association League. 1897 Post Washington would play its first football game in 1897 as they beat Grafton 18-4 in a late Nove

I’ve done a lot of research on a lot of schools and here are some interesting facts on early Wisconsin high school football.  So, let’s start at the beginning.  These are notes on various programs. 1884 In 1884 Delafield St. John’s Military Academy opened.  It’s founder, Rev. Sydney. Smyth had played football while studying at Racine College.  Of course, the game was really more of a rugby style sport but the locals there called it “foot-ball”.  The next year, 1895, using a b

NOTE: This blog has been revised. Asa of Saturday, January 27 I have just found an earlier picture than the one for 1898 so it has been added to the blog. More about this in a later story. 1898 team picture from the Grant County Historical Society I am working on several blogs, one dealing with some notes on early football games that wouldn’t have made for a blog of their own but combined I think they are very informative.  However, sometimes a story jumps out at me and de