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13. I think that style of Girl's Basketball was more widespread than you think. I grew up in Mass

Reply to rurallib (Original post)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 10:57 AM

Mar 2017

and that's the way we played in the 60's. I was on the girl's team all 4 years of high school. You didn't specify whether you were referring to HS or college level b'ball.

Still have some pics of us in our uniforms, which were little one piece dresses.

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girls six-on-six basketball - talk about a memory [View all] rurallib Mar 2017 OP

It would be fun to see other sports with variations of the rules. nt JEFF9K Mar 2017 #1

Thanks shenmue Mar 2017 #2

That's how we played in Michigan also when I was in school. We were "too delicate" to shraby Mar 2017 #3

3 on 2 - that is a version I have never heard of rurallib Mar 2017 #6

At half time we switched. shraby Mar 2017 #12

We played that way in Dearborn, Michigan in the 1960s... k8conant Mar 2017 #10

We still have a HS football association for small Oregon schools that fields 8 players per team. WheelWalker Mar 2017 #4

we have that here also because some schools are so small rurallib Mar 2017 #5

Girls basketball in the 1960s in Washington state FuzzyRabbit Mar 2017 #7

I was in HS in the '70s and what I remember were field hockey and soccer Rhiannon12866 Mar 2017 #19

They played that in Philadelphia PA too, in the 60s. Demit Mar 2017 #8

That was the rule in NC unto 1960s unc70 Mar 2017 #9

Yep, played that back in late 50's and early 60's. sinkingfeeling Mar 2017 #11

I think that style of Girl's Basketball was more widespread than you think. I grew up in Mass Fla Dem Mar 2017 #13

Here is what I vaguely remember rurallib Mar 2017 #14

You certainly are much more expert in this field than I am. Fla Dem Mar 2017 #15

I Remember People Talking About That When I Was in HS ProfessorGAC Mar 2017 #16

you are right on the money about small schools and the number of players rurallib Mar 2017 #17

Way Better Than The Cows!!! ProfessorGAC Mar 2017 #18

I thought some small places were still playing this? Blue_Tires Mar 2017 #20

not in Iowa that I know of. Maybe in other states rurallib Mar 2017 #21