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ProfessorGAC

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18. Way Better Than The Cows!!!

Reply to rurallib (Reply #17)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 06:21 AM

Mar 2017

Good story, lib!

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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

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