When we say "year" we mean year, as in the better part of a calendar year. Imagine not one but two seasons of high school football (a football junkie's dream) sandwiched between March and October in the same year with but a brief respite in between. Such was the case in 2021, and in all likelihood will never be seen again.

At first blush, the idea of football in the Spring sounded crazy, what with the vicissitudes of Wisconsin weather a concern. But thanks to the collaboration of the WIAA and the WFCA it happened, and on March 26 the novel Spring-COVID season kicked off. Once that ball...