- Chippewa Falls High School
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Chippewa Falls High School Location 735 Terrill St Chippewa Falls, WI 54729-1907
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, Chippewa County, United States
Information School type Public, high school Principal Dr. James Sauter Grades 9-12 Enrollment 1521 [1] Color(s) Red, White, and Black
Mascot Cardinals Website Chippewa Falls High School Chippewa Falls High School is a public high school located in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. It is also referred to as "Chi-Hi". Chi-Hi has been among the top in the state when it comes to academics. The school is also known for its athletics and marching band. The school belongs to the Big Rivers Conference of the WIAA. The school mascot is the Cardinal.
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Athletics
Although Chi-Hi has won state championships for numerous individual sports no team sport has ever won a state championship. Listed below is the schools conference championships.
Men's Sports
Fall
- Football - 1987, 1988, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008
- Cross Country - 1989, 1996
- Soccer
Winter
- Basketball
- Hockey
- Swimming
- Wrestling - 1993-1994, 2001–2002, 2002–2003
Spring
- Baseball - 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998
- Golf
- Tennis
- Track & Field - 1990, 1991, 2000, 2001
Women's Sports
Fall
- Cross Country - 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Volleyball - 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2004, 2008
Winter
- Basketball - 2004, 2005
- Cheer leading / Stunt
- Dance
- Gymnastics
- Hockey
Spring
- Soccer-2009
- Softball - 1990, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007
- Track & Field- 1990, 1991, 1992
Years indicate conference championships as of 1987
Clubs
Chippewa Falls High School has a considerable amount of clubs that are offered for students. The school has Athena and Apollo clubs for students that are on the honor roll and many other academic clubs. During the lunch and learn period all freshmen are required to attend one club for half of the period. Clubs that freshmen are able to attend range from open computer lab to volleyball. There are also clubs as diverse as Ruffled Feathers and the Will Farrell club. Foreign language clubs such as Spanish Club and French Club are ever growing components of the high school as is Thespians Troupe 144. Some clubs that are popular among students are dodge ball and 3-on-3 basketball.
Music
Music at Chi-Hi is considered among most in the community to be a cornerstone of the school. Every four years the music department plans a trip to a major city in the US to go to and perform.
Musical ensembles
- Marching Band
- 2 Concert Bands
- Multiple Orchestra Ensembles (strings)
- Wire Choir
- Multiple Jazz Bands
- Concert Choir
- Show Choir (Harmonics)
- Vocal Jazz (Jam on Toast)
- Madrigal Singers
Theatre
Every season of the school year is full of the busy anticipation of one of Chi-Hi's many theatre productions. The theatre year kicks everything off with the Fall Play, works its way into winter with the annual musical, and finishes with the Childrens' Spring Play. Listed below are the most recent Chi-Hi productions.
2007 Spring Play: The Little Prince
2008 Fall Play: Why Bump Off Barnaby?
2008 Winter Musical: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
2008 Spring Play: Peter and the Wolf/ The Frog Princess
2009 Fall Play: And Then They Came For Me
2009 Winter Musical: Fiddler on the Roof
2009 Spring Play: Alice In Wonderland
2010 Fall Play : Choices
2010 Winter Musical: The Wiz
2010 Spring Play: The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
2011 Fall Play: Break A Leg
2011 Winter Musical: Aida
2011 Spring Play: The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood
Notable alumni
- Chad Cascadden - Former National Football League linebacker for the New York Jets and New England Patriots from 1995-1999. He also played for the Wisconsin Badgers and was a member of the 1994 Rose Bowl Championship team.
- Seymour Cray - U.S. electrical engineer and supercomputer architect who founded the company Cray Research.
- Nate DeLong - Former National Basketball Association center for the Milwaukee Hawks.
- Charles "Gus" Dorais - Former quarterback and kicker for the University of Notre Dame. A consensus All-America pick at in 1913, the first-ever at Notre Dame. Coached from 1914 until 1942, and was inducted into College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954. Was head coach of the Detroit Lions from 1943-1947.
- Joe Vavra - Former player in Los Angeles Dodgers organization and current hitting coach for the Minnesota Twins.
- Alexander Wiley - United States Senator
References
External links
Categories:- Education in Chippewa County, Wisconsin
- High schools in Wisconsin
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