The Initial Spark When I was researching my book, I found a list of possible early state football champions for Wisconsin online. I somehow came across it and I made a copy which jumpstarted my research. On that list were several schools that should not have really been considered the champion for their year but for the most part it was accurate. On the list for 1917 was the Marinette team so I went to the state historical society to look at the microfilm of the town's newspa

I was sitting in a Culver's restaurant in Elkhorn, looking through a scrapbook of the 1976 DeSoto football championship. As I paged through the book, I found a 3x5 with the title "Believe". Below it, additional words were printed that were meant to motivate the reader. Each DeSoto player got their own copy of the 3x5 card. The cards were presented to the team by Coach Bob Schulz. In 1974 Schulz had presented the team with t-shirts. On the front of the shirt was printed "BELIE

After reviewing the best teams of the decade I'd like to highlight the best players, coach and game from 1910-1919. The Best Game The 1910 game between state champion Oshkosh and Marinette was a battle between two titans. Not only were the two teams evenly matched but it was a game that featured two of the best linemen for the first 30+ years of Wisconsin high school football. Junior Arlie “Hercules” Mucks for Oshkosh and senior Richard “Jab” Murray of Marinette faced each o