Fall Creek High School

Public secondary school in Fall Creek, Wisconsin, United States

Fall Creek High School

Address

336 Hoover Avenue

Fall Creek

Wisconsin

United States

Coordinates| 44°45′47″N 91°16′34″W﻿ / ﻿44.76306°N 91.27611°W﻿ / 44.76306; -91.27611
Information
Type| Public secondary
Established| 1912
Oversight| Fall Creek School District
Superintendent| Brad Ceranski
Principal| Trevor Kohlhepp
Teaching staff| 17.36 (FTE)[1]
9-12| 9-12
Enrollment| 239 (2022-2023)[1]
Student to teacher ratio| 13.77[1]
Color(s)|   Green & White
Song| Notre Dame Victory March
Athletics| Cloverbelt Conference
Mascot| Cricket
Rival| Altoona High School,
Regis High School
Website| [1]

Fall Creek High School is a high school located in Fall Creek, Wisconsin, United States. It serves grades 9–12 and is part of the Fall Creek School District.

## History

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Founded in 1912, Fall Creek High School had a graduating class of 3 in 1913.[2] The high school moved into its first education specific facility in 1917. The original school was located on 142 E. Washington Ave. In 1955, the school was expanded adding a gymnasium and a study hall. The district built the current high school at 336 Hoover Avenue in 1975. The opening of a new middle school in 1994, which was combined with the elementary and high school formed the current K-12 building.

## Academics

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Fall Creek offers a complete curriculum, including English, Social Studies, Mathematics, Science, Health, Business and Information Technology, and Physical Education. Fall Creek also offers a variety of electives and advanced placement courses.[3] Fall Creek also belongs to the Cluster A Consortium with Altoona High School, Augusta High School, Eleva-Strum Central High School, Gilmanton High School, Mondovi High School, and Osseo-Fairchild High School.[4] These seven high schools have agreed to cooperate with each other to provide expanded educational opportunities for their students.

## Extracurricular activities

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### Athletics

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In 1917, Fall Creek started participation in athletics with its first boys' basketball team.[5] The campus grounds include a track, football field, softball diamond, baseball diamond, practice fields, two gymnasiums, weight room, and training facilities. Fall Creek joined the Cloverbelt Conference in 1948, and competes in baseball, basketball, boys' and girls' cross-country, football, golf, softball, track and field, and volleyball. Fall Creek also participates cooperatively with other schools in the following sports; soccer, tennis, wrestling, and hockey.

Fall Creek started playing football in 1962, joining the Cloverbelt Conference in 1964. The football team had an undefeated season in 1976. It took first place in WIAA Division 5 in 1993 and 1994.[6] When the current K-12 building was finished, the football field was moved to its current location. The field was named for Hall of Fame Football Coach Ron Schultz in 2000.

In 1997, the girls' cross country team took first in the WIAA Division 3 Championships.[7]

Fall Creek won its first Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Class C boys basketball state championship in 1937. In 1983 Fall Creek lost in the finals, however they returned the following 2 years(1984 and 1985) and won both years.[8]

The Fall Creek girls' basketball team won WIAA titles in 1985, 1987, 1988, and 1996. They were runners-up in 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, and 2015.[9]

The girls track team of Fall Creek won WIAA titles in 1999 and 2000, while finishing second in 1998.[10]

Fall Creek participated as part of the Eau Claire North High School/Altoona High School/Eau Claire Memorial High School/Fall Creek cooperative that won the 2018 WIAA girls hockey championship.[11]

With Fall Creek's success, it has had multiple coaches inducted into different Wisconsin Coaches Halls of Fame. Ron Schultz has been inducted into both the Football Coaches[12] and Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame.[13] Schultz had a record of 211-79-4 coaching football at Fall Creek[14] and his record coaching boys basketball was 507-147. Gwen Hoekstra, Bob Miller, Arnie Skrukrud, and Rick Storlie have been inducted into just the Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame. Skrukrud's record coaching girls basketball was 465-123.[15] Steve Wilhelm has been inducted into the Basketball Hall for his accomplishments as a player at Fall Creek.[16] Wilhelm scored 2235 during his career at Fall Creek[17]

### Music

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Fall Creek participates in the Cloverbelt Conference for both Band and Choir[18]

### Clubs

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Student organizations include DECA (An Association of Marketing Students), Drama, FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America), FFA (Future Farmers of America), FHA, Forensics, NHS (National Honor Society), Newspaper, Yearbook

## Notable alumni

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* Todd Boss, class of 1986; poet

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Fall Creek High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
2. ^ Henke, Patricia; Wise, Steve H. (1978). "Sights and sounds of the valley : A history of Fall Creek".
3. ^ "Fall Creek High School" (PDF). www.fallcreek.k12.wi.us. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 4, 2018.
4. ^ "Cluster A Consortium". Archived from the original on August 6, 2021.
5. ^ "The State: Sights and sounds of the valley : A history of Fall Creek: Chapter V: Schools and scholars".
6. ^ "Football Championship Games 2021" (PDF). www.wiaawi.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 24, 2021.
7. ^ "Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Girls Cross Country Team Champions 1975-2021" (PDF). www.wiaawi.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 29, 2019.
8. ^ "State Boys Basketball Champions (1916-2019)" (PDF). www.wiaawi.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 28, 2020.
9. ^ "State Girls Basketball Champions (1976-2017)" (PDF). www.wiaawi.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
10. ^ "Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Girls Track Champions 1971-2022" (PDF). www.wiaawi.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 7, 2022.
11. ^ "Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Girls Hockey State Champions (2002-22)" (PDF). www.wiaawi.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 3, 2018.
12. ^ "Inductees".
13. ^ "403 Forbidden | Just a Game Fieldhouse".
14. ^ "Coaching Records".
15. ^ "403 Forbidden | Just a Game Fieldhouse".
16. ^ "Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association to induct new Hall of Fame class this weekend in Wisconsin Dells". September 25, 2018.
17. ^ "403 Forbidden | Just a Game Fieldhouse".
18. ^ "Cloverbelt Conference Music - About Us".

## External links

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* http://www.fallcreek.k12.wi.us/high/index.cfm