Athletics
East's sports include softball, volleyball, football, baseball, track and field, soccer, tennis, golf, gymnastics, wrestling, cross country, basketball,ice hockey and swimming. Hockey was a school success for many years, with the team winning several state championships. More recently, the hockey team has been combined with the team from La Follette, another high school on the east side of Madison, because of a lack of funding and participation.
The girls' swim team won the WIAA Division 1 state title in 2007, and was runner-up in 2008, despite having a small state-qualifying team consisting of fewer than 10 swimmers.
The boys' tennis team competed in the state tournament in the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011 seasons.
The girls' tennis team competed in the state tournament in the 1995, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2011 seasons.
The boys' basketball team won three straight regional titles (2009,2010,2011), were ranked 10th in the midwest by USA Today in 2010, and the teams point guard Nimrod Hilliard IV was named Mr. Basketball in Wisconsin following the 2010-11 season. The Purgolders won their only state title in 1958.
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