Chippewa Falls Senior High School is a public high school located in
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
Chippewa Falls is a city located on the Chippewa River in Chippewa County in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 14,778 in the 2021 census. Incorporated as a city in 1869, it is the county seat of Chippewa Cou ...
. To locals, the high school is referred to as "Chi-Hi". The school belongs to the Big Rivers Conference of the WIAA. The school mascot is the Cardinal.
Extracurricular activities
CFHS has a competitive
show choir
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, Chi-Hi Harmonics. Their marching band, known as the Marching Cardinals, is a competitive marching band.
Seymour Cray
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Cray Research
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Nate DeLong
Nathan J. DeLong (January 5, 1926 – May 5, 2010) was a center in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Biography
A native of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, DeLong was a long-time resident of Hayward, Wisconsin. He attended the University of Wi ...
(1944), former center for NBA's
Milwaukee Hawks
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Gus Dorais
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Dorais played college football at the University of Notre Dame, where he was an All-American in 1913 at quarterback ...
(1910), head coach of NFL's
Detroit Lions
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from 1943 to 1947
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Joe Vavra
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(1978), former
Los Angeles Dodgers
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