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JFK Prep competed in the
Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association (dissolved in 2000). The team was originally called the "Royals" with the colors blue and white, but after they acquired uniforms from another school, they changed colors to black and gold and the team name to the "Moors."
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Mickey Crowe, son of Coach Marty Crowe, was a star basketball player during this time, scoring a state record of 2,724 points over his career. Together, they took JFK Prep to the state championship final in 1975, a game in which the younger Crowe scored 45 points, but the team losing to
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to raise funds for the restoration. Additionally, the former football field, and several dormitories have been renovated, and a campground built near the lake. The church remains abandoned; however, a temporary roof has been installed which allows it to be open during the summer.
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American representation. JFK Prep drew students not only from the surrounding area and other parts of eastern Wisconsin but from Milwaukee as well.
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of poverty, chastity and obedience according to their states of life. The entire congregation relocated to
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