There were so many good teams and players in the 1950’s and there were some very good games to choose from. It seems that Kenosha was part of it all. THE BEST GAME Kenosha won the conference title in 1950 (8-0-0), 1951 (7-1-0), 1955 (8-0-0),1956 (8-0-0) and 1959 (8-0-0) while placing second in 1952 (7-1-0), 1957 (7-1-0) and 1958 (7-1-0) and third in 1953 (6-2-0). Only 1954 were the Red Devil

The decade started with Kenosha high school winning the mythical state title and that’s the way it ended in 1959. There were no polls or playoffs in 1950 but the thought around the state was that the “Red Devils” were the best. Even better than the Green Bay West “Wildcats” or the Wausau “Lumberjacks”. It doesn’t hurt that Kenosha started the decade with the player named the state’s All-Time Player in the 1993 Milwaukee Journal Team of the Century. That of course was Alan

It’s hard to believe but even good or great coaches and their teams have demons. For Fond di Lac St. Mary’s Springs it was the failure to win a WISAA football title in the years 1974-78. During that time, they posted a 40-6 record but in all four seasons they lost in the finals. The feeling was that Springs, most notably their coach, couldn’t win the “big one”. Bob Hyland and his Ledgers put that assertion to rest in 1983 when they marched through an13-0 season and finally