Photo Gallery – High School Sports
1920 Shawano High School girls basketball team.
1910 Shawano High School girls freshman basketball team. Standing in back: Miss Mathews Back row: Gladys Pulcifer, Sarah Mielke, Dorthy Hoffman, Mollie Chaimson Middle row: Neta Freeman, Ruth Goddake, Gertrude Bean Front row: Kathryn Hayter, Irene Kathau.
School Sports
Sports has been a part of Shawano County Schools since th late 1890’s as the population of students in city schools grew. The WIAA formation was a big part of adding organized boys and girls sports. WIAA held its own state track meet in 1897 and its first state boys’ basketball tournament in 1920. For boys’ sports, it added cross country (1913), golf (1923), tennis (1925), and swimming (1925). In the 1940s, wrestling (1940), volleyball (1948) and baseball (1948) were added; in the 1950s, skiing and curling, and in the 1960s, gymnastics. These sports have been dropped by the WIAA. 1965 also brought a second baseball tournament, this one for summer participants, which was dropped after the 2018 season due to dwindling participation. Ice hockey was added in 1970, Soccer (1982) was added, and volleyball, which had been dropped (in 1982), returned to tournament status in 2000. Football was a recognized sport but championships were only held briefly in the 1920s. The WIAA resumed playoffs in 1976. The WIAA started adding girls sports in the 1970s. Swimming (1970) was the first, followed by gymnastics, track, and tennis in 1971, golf (1972), and volleyball (1973). Cross country joined the list in 1975, then basketball and softball (1976). Girls’ soccer added a state tournament in 1983. Ice hockey was added in 2002. The most recent is Girls’ Wrestling in 2021. (Wikipedia)