“I started in Pewaukee after graduating from U W Whitewater in 1957. I taught 8th grade. The high school and middle school were in the same building so I was given a chance to coach high school football and basketball. I went to grad school and got my degree in counseling. I became the middle school guidance counselor in 1969 when the new high school was built. Because of the split into two buildings I had to give up coaching high school. I then became the middle school AD. I started to do scoring and timing for high school basketball games in 1960 and continued at the new high school. Started to do timing for high school football in 1969 when the new school was built with a football field with bleachers and a scoreboard. Before that games were played at the Village park where spectators walked the sideline to watch games and refs kept time on the field with a stop watch. The first few years at high school had to keep score from a card table on the sideline because there was no press box. The middle school and high school merged into the same building again in 1984 and I continued scoring. I retired from my counseling job In 1994 but have kept on timing. The high school track was built in 1970 and I started to help timing for those events. I have always loved playing and attending sporting events. I can remember as a pre teen making a score sheet for Marquette & Wisconsin basketball so that I could score those games as I listened to them on the radio (no tv in those days) and then comparing my scoring with the newspaper report the next day. I've had grandchildren at Pewaukee since I retired so I got to know kids from their classes that kept me interested in Pewaukee games. Having been an AD for many years I knew how difficult it was to get helpers for games so I have kept myself available. I really enjoy seeing kids in middle school and again in high school as they perform at that level. I also get a kick out of seeing children of former students follow their parents footsteps. I just think sports participation is such a rewarding school experience and enhances the whole educational process.” - Posted by Mrs. KBD
