Chilton High School is a public

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located in

Calumet County, Wisconsin Calumet County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 52,442. The county seat is Chilton. The county was created in 1836 (then in the Wisconsin Territory) and organized in 1850. Calum ...

, on the south end of the city of Chilton near

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. Originally built on School Court in 1934, the old building which was in need of more than just a few repairs was destroyed and replaced by a park. The current building was built on the same plot of land as the Elementary and Middle school are built on, and then was opened in September 2003.

Sports

Chilton's 1969

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team went undefeated. The team included future Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee

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. It outscored their opponents 363–0 in eight games, had 98-49 first down advantage, rushed 1810 yards to 116 for their opponents, outpassed their opponents 702 - 203, with a total offense of 2512 yards versus 399. Their lowest margin of victory was 7-0 and second lowest margin was 33–0. The small-town team was ranked eighth in the state behind the largest schools in the state; there was no playoff system at the time. In 2017, the

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named the school one of 109 "Hometown Hall of Fame" schools because of Casper. In the 1985-85

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season, Chilton's team won the

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Class B Boys' championship. Team player Todd Eisner was nominated as a

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and later played at

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. Chilton beat Whitnall and

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to win the title. Chilton's Girls' basketball team won the Division 3 state title in 1991–92. Tracy Winkler was named to the first team of the

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(AP) all-state team and AP named coach Ray Mlada as the state's coach of the year.

Theater

The Engler Center for the Performing Arts in the school seats 735.

Notable alumni

, football player * B. R. Goggins, mayor of Wisconsin Rapids and lawyer * Nicholas J. Lesselyoung, politician *

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, politician

References

External links

Official website
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