Arrowhead has the trophy. Friday will tell you if it still has the look.

Arrowhead’s last Division 1 title before 2025 was old enough that a senior class had to be told about it. Then they beat Bay Port 18–15 at Camp Randall and the Hartland machine was a champion again.

Week 1 is Marquette University High at home on Friday. That is not a cupcake. It is a Greater Metro program that lives on the same statewide graphics package. The Classic 8 will not wait until Week 6 to get honest — Muskego is already hosting Waunakee the same night.

Title defenses in Wisconsin die in August when a line that looked big in July meets a kid who spent the summer in a weight room two counties over. Watch the interior. Watch who is still in on third down. And do not confuse a Camp Randall banner with a September identity.