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rurallib

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4. Most states didn't start girls basketball until @ 1980

Reply to safeinOhio (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 25, 2019, 03:17 PM

Feb 2019

Was watching the Illinois tourney last weekend and it was their 40th tourney.
I believe next year will be Iowa' 100th tourney.

So while the game was ugly, Iowa was way ahead of the country in girls athletics.
In many small towns it was the only entertainment they had all winter.

One thing that was bad was adding "Lady" or "ette" to the the school nickname to designate they were the girls' team.
Over in Illinois last weekend there was the "Lady Shoes" and the "Lady Bison." Iowa used to have a team nicknamed the "Bull-ettes." Chew on that one.

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the Girls High School Athletic union is telecasting al tourney games on youtube [View all] rurallib Feb 2019 OP

Back in the 50s I went safeinOhio Feb 2019 #1

We play real basketball now, not the aberration you saw back then. rurallib Feb 2019 #2

Thanks, I was pretty young at the time safeinOhio Feb 2019 #3

Most states didn't start girls basketball until @ 1980 rurallib Feb 2019 #4

The late Des Moines Register columnist Donald Kaul rsdsharp Feb 2019 #5