Chippewa Falls High School

Chippewa Falls Senior High School
Location
735 Terrill Street Chippewa Falls , Chippewa County , Wisconsin 54729-1923 United States
Coordinates	44°56′6″N91°24′43″W / 44.93500°N 91.41194°W / 44.93500; -91.41194
Information
School type	Public, high school
School district	Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District
Principal	Donna Goodman
Teaching staff	94.17 (FTE) [1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,451 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	15.41 [1]
Color(s)	Red, White, Black
Athletics conference	Big Rivers Conference
Mascot	Cardinal
Nickname	Chi-Hi
Website	cfsd.chipfalls.k12.wi.us/high/

Chippewa Falls Senior High School is a public high school located in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. To locals, the high school is referred to as "Chi-Hi". The school belongs to the Big Rivers Conference of the WIAA. The school mascot is the Cardinal.

Extracurricular activities

CFHS has a competitive show choir, Chi-Hi Harmonics. ^[2] Their marching band, known as the Marching Cardinals, is a competitive marching band. The high-school also has football team, coached by Chuck Raykovich, a storied high school coach. The Chi-Hi cardinals have won 7 BRC championships under their head coach, Chuck Raykovich.

The Chi-Hi Equestrian team has established a dominant streak within the state, currently on a 10-straight state title streak as of 2023

The Chippewa Falls-Menomonie girls' hockey co-op (known as the CFM Sabers) won the 2020-2021 WIAA state title, defeating the University School of Milwaukee 3-2 in OT. [3]

Notable alumni

• Edward Ackley (1906), Wisconsin State Senator from 1913 to 1916 ^[4]
• Chad Cascadden (1990), former National Football League linebacker for New York Jets and New England Patriots from 1995 to 1999 ^[5]
• Susan M. Crawford (1983), Justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court ^[6]
• Andrew Cray (2004), noted LGBT activist ^[7]
• Seymour Cray (1943), electrical engineer and supercomputer architect, founded Cray Research ^[8]
• Nate DeLong (1944), former center for NBA's Milwaukee Hawks ^[9]
• Gus Dorais (1910), head coach of NFL's Detroit Lions from 1943 to 1947 ^[10]
• Joe Vavra (1978), former Los Angeles Dodgers player, currently coach for Minnesota Twins ^[11]

References

1. "Chippewa Falls High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
2. "SCC ; Viewing School - Chippewa Falls High School". www.showchoir.com. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
3. WQOW (February 20, 2021). "Chippewa Falls/Menomonie wins Girls Hockey Championship in overtime". WQOW. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
4. Biographical Sketches. Wisconsin Blue Book. 1915. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
5. Groskreutz, Stuart. "Cascadden on the road to recovery". www.chippewa.com. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
6. Vetter, Chris (June 10, 2024). "CF native Crawford announces candidate for state Supreme Court". Eau Claire Leader-Telegram . Retrieved July 13, 2024.
7. Hage, Jeffrey. "Chi-Hi graduates take last long step". No. 5 June 2004. The Chippewa Herald. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
8. "The Cray computers of Seymour Cray". History of Computers. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
9. "Nate DeLong Player Profile, Milwaukee Hawks, NBA Stats, NCAA Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards". RealGM. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
10. "Chippewa Honors Former Player". Eau Claire (WI) Leader. October 29, 1946. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Vetter, Chris. "Baseball bat maker donates to children". Leader-Telegram. Retrieved May 28, 2018.

External links

• School website