Brodhead High School is a

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located in Brodhead,

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, United States. It serves students from the Brodhead community.

Athletics

Brodhead is a member of the Rock Valley Conference. Its athletics teams are known as the

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, and its mascot is a cardinal named Charlie.

Football

Brodhead combines with the Juda School District for

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and

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. The Cardinals have earned eight Rock Valley Conference championships, 25 consecutive playoff appearances, three state semi-final appearances and two state runner-ups.

Volleyball

The Lady Cardinals have won six conference championships and have made one appearance at the state tournament.

Softball

* 2004 state champions

Track

* Two men's state championships

Music programs

The Brodhead band performs at the home football, basketball, and volleyball games. They perform a series of concerts throughout the year. Brodhead also fields two competitive

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s, an all-woman group named BHS Express, and a mixed group named Guys and Dolls. Both choirs compete around southeast Wisconsin every winter.

Controversy

Brodhead High School was involved in controversy in late October 2016 over a safety drill on driving. The school made a public morning announcement that four students had died that morning in a car crash. Those students, who were alive, were not allowed to use their cell phones to inform fellow students that it was part of a drill. Later, the school made a second announcement that the students were alive and that this had been a simulation drill. Additional announcements were made during the day about more students dying in crashes that did not actually happen.

Notable alumni

* Jim Meyer, former offensive tackle for the

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and the

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References

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