▁Association ▁Hall ▁of ▁Fame ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁the ▁year ▁of ▁his ▁ret irement . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁the ▁O HS ▁football ▁stad ium ▁was ▁renov ated ▁and ▁renamed ; ▁it ▁is ▁now ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Ed ▁R ux ▁Stadium . ▁ ▁Baseball ▁The ▁R acco ons ▁have ▁been ▁a ▁successful ▁baseball ▁program ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 9 0 0 s . ▁The ▁baseball ▁program ▁has ▁won ▁conference ▁ 2 5 ▁times , ▁including ▁ 1 4 ▁tri ps ▁to ▁the ▁state ▁tournament . ▁William ▁Martin ▁led ▁O conom ow oc ▁to ▁their ▁first ▁state ▁championship ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 9 . ▁They ▁defeated ▁Tom ah awk ▁ 1 0 - 0 , ▁Mon ona ▁Gro ve ▁ 7 - 3 , ▁and ▁F ond ▁du ▁Lac ▁ 2 - 1 ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁title . ▁Pat ▁Ne ary ▁took ▁over ▁vars ity ▁baseball ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁and ▁picked ▁up ▁where ▁Martin ▁left ▁off . ▁The ▁R acco ons ▁were ▁conference ▁champions ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 6 . ▁They ▁were ▁state ▁run ners - up ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 6 . ▁Ne ary ▁co ached ▁O conom ow oc ▁baseball ▁for ▁ 4 1 ▁years ▁( 2 ▁as ▁fresh man , ▁ 1 2 ▁as ▁junior ▁vars ity ▁and ▁ 2 7 ▁as ▁vars ity ). ▁He ▁held ▁a ▁vars ity