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Background

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High School was established in 1972 by the merger of

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and Pio Nono High Schools. It was initially named Thomas More High School, but the "Saint" was added to the name in the summer of 2007 to re-emphasize the school's Catholic heritage, at the request of Archbishop

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. Beginning in 2007, students are equipped with a laptop computer at the start of the school year.

Athletics

Saint Thomas More High School is a member of the

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and the Metro Classic Conference. The school offers the following sports: Fall: football, boys' cross country, girls' cross country, boys' soccer, girls' volleyball, girls' swimming, girls' tennis, girls' golf, girls' pom pons Winter: boys' basketball, girls' basketball, boys' bowling, girls' bowling, boys' swimming, girls' pom pons, wrestling Spring: baseball, boys' track & field, girls' track & field, boys' tennis, boys' golf, girls' soccer, girls' softball

State titles

Thomas More High School has won 19 state titles from 1973 to the present: *1973 boys' cross country *1974 boys' cross country *1974 boys' wrestling *1975 boys' wrestling *1976 football *1976 boys' cross country *1977 football *1978 boys' cross country *1980 boys' cross country *1981 boys' cross country *1981 football *1981 boys' track & field *1981 boys' baseball *1988 boys' basketball *1996 boys' baseball *1999 girls' volleyball *2000 girls' volleyball *2006 Soccer *2024 boys' basketball

Conference championships

PN denotes Pio Nono, DB denotes Don Bosco *Boys' soccer (TM: 1998, 1999, 2012) *Wrestling (DB: 1958, 1965, 1969, 1970; PN: 1972; TM: 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981) *Boys' track & field (TM: 1976, 1981) *Boys' golf (PN: 1931; DB: 1962; TM: 1986, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2012) *Football (PN: 1927, 1935, 1936; DB: 1953, 1954, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970; TM: 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 2004) *Boys' cross country (TM: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1998) *Boys' basketball (PN: 1932, 1937; DB: 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1968, 1970; TM: 1977, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1998, 2001, 2002) *Baseball (PN: 1931; DB: 1954, 1955; TM: 1975, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2009) *Boys' tennis (TM: 2011, 2012) *Girls' volleyball (TM: 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007) *Softball (TM: 1995, 1996) *Girls' basketball (TM: 1998, 2000) *Girls' golf (TM: 2003) *Girls' bowling (TM: 2009) Thomas More's girls' volleyball team had a winning streak from 1997 to 2005, during which it won 77 conference matches and 8 consecutive conference titles. The school's mascot is the Cavaliers.

Notable alumni and faculty

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, Wisconsin state legislator * Jim Haluska,

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during 1980–81 season * Jerry Panek, professional soccer player and coach, former coach at St. Thomas More * John R. Plewa, Wisconsin state senator * Edward J. Zore, Former CEO of

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* T. J. Otzelberger, American basketball coach, currently Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Iowa State University (ISU) * Jim Jodat, former NFL football player with the Rams, Seahawks, and Chargers

References

External links

School Website

Football Stats
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