The season ending highlight was the story on the A.P. All-State team which was released on November 29.  Not much in the way of individual statistics except ages, height and weights and a few bits about notable players performance…” Great tackler, fast runner etc.” Few statistics other than scoring totals were often kept at this time.  As colleges began, in the 1920’s and 30’s it took a while for high schools in Wisconsin to start tracking individual player rushing, passing a

World War II finally ended in September 1945 with the signing of the Japanese surrender.  The 1945 season went on as usual with many returning veterans taking up their former or new coaching positions. This is about 1946, a year that saw long win streaks end, begin or continue.  Many interesting stories…here, they will be brief…about those streaks, players and coaches. In 1945 the Associated Press, through the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association, presented the first “offic

Sorry I’ve been tardy on posting blogs lately.  I’ve been updating the state football record books and it should come as no surprise that a number of stars from 2024 have made the lists.  There is some bad news before I get to the main part of the records The bad news :  Brayln Albritton of Milwaukee Academy of Science is leaving for Milton High School in Georgia.  He leaves the state as the #15 career passer.  With another year like 2024 when he passed for 2,830-yards he cou