Elkhorn High was an unlikely place for a championship track team to
emerge. It had no facility except for a horse training roadway on
the edge of the county fairgrounds. And it had no track program
until 1954. Spilling over from the baseball team were four swift
runners and jumpers who would change all this. The spring of 1956
was a magical season for these "thinclads" from this small, rural
town. Outfitted in old basketball jerseys and gym shorts, they made
their mark on Wisconsin prep track and field.
Thinclads is much more than a story of a few high school
athletes and their team. It's also about a community, nurturing and
paradoxical, nestled in the beautiful southern lakes area of
Wisconsin. And it's about an era-the 1950s-with its charm and
innocence juxtaposed with provincial, small-town values. Richard
Van Scotter, with playful wit and graceful style, weaves an
enchanting memoir of high school sports, laced with historical
insight, economic contradiction, and cultural incongruity.
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