during its first school year in 1935–36, wilson was not eligible to play in the inter-high school athletic association. the newly formed basketball and baseball teams played an exhibition-only schedule the first year, and there was no football team. the basketball and baseball teams began their official inter-high series competition in the 1936–'37 school year. the football team played an exhibition season in 1936-37 and then officially joined the inter-high series, a year later, in the fall of 1937.