Home of the Brave, Part 3
As Milwaukee’s suburbs boomed, the Braveland Conference grew too large to manage, ultimately splitting into the Braveland and Parkland Conferences in 1963. Explore how explosive growth reshaped southeastern Wisconsin athletics—and how history repeated itself more than six decades later.
Home of the Brave, Part 2
After repeated Little Ten rejections, rival coaches Sam DeMerit and Vince Cibik helped create the Braveland Conference. Discover how their shared frustrations sparked a new era in southeastern Wisconsin athletics.
Home of the Brave, Part 1
Four high schools. Three rejected applications. And a conference that wasn’t interested in changing. The postwar growth of southeastern Wisconsin was about to shake up high school athletics in ways few could have predicted.