100 Years of Basketball: Girls' basketball comes to town

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Things have changed since 1974

By John Herndon

Unless someone was around when it all started, he probably would not believe how girls’ basketball has changed since 1974. That is when the state was supposed to have given girls an equal opportunity to play the game.
There were some things equal as soon as teams started gearing up for that first season of girls’ high school basketball in over 40 years. Like the boys, they would have a state tournament with 16 regional winners.
Other than that, nothing much was equal.


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