Barn Boards and Baling Wire

In 1963 little Dodgeville High School captures the state of Wisconsin’s imagination with an improbable run to the state championship game under Coach John ‘Weenie’ Wilson. Dodgeville came one victory short of the title in 1963. When the 1963-1964 basketball season began, they had only one goal in mind – earning that gold ball. The Dodgers cruised through the regular season unbeaten and incredibly found themselves as one of the tournament favorites when they returned to Madison, Wisconsin, for the state finals. Rick Birk writes, 'That time, against a vaunted Milwaukee North squad, the Dodgers were not denied. Wisconsin had its own real version of the Hoosiers story. The Dodgeville Dodgers of 1964 staked their claim to history.'