<p>omg, dadofsam, now I’m in with the over-90 set! Actually your grand and I have much in common. I never even got to over 5 feet (and when I shrink below that, I’m going to lie). I was a starting forward in MS, just made the team in HS and then, gracefully I hope, exited. Scrappiness ceased to be enough. And that was before they were growing them over 6’. Loved the game, still do. And always wished it would grow “classes”, ala wrestling.</p>
<p>I love this thread. I graduated in '74 from high school. Played basketball all 4 years and ran track 3 years. Track was not an official sport until my senior year and we still didn’t get uniforms then. Gratefully, the school did supply stop watches at that point and paid the coaches. I continued to run track (AAU) in college as although my college recruited me to help start a basketball team they didn’t actually have one till I was a senior. My Dad having only 2 girls and no boys believed that only Iowa had an outstanding girls program. He took us to basketball camp out there (from PA) every year despite the fact that Iowa was still playing half court defense half court offense. Great memories.</p>
<p>This is a hoot. I had repressed these memories…</p>
<p>Graduated in 72 from a rural high school where us senior girls fought for and won the right to wear pants. Compromise was that no jeans allowed, but more like pant-suits. Also, went through that time when home ec teacher would measure how far above the knee the hem of the skirt was located.</p>
<p>Only sports were done in PE, except for tennis and swimming where I could take lessons and compete on something like a club team. Being the first born, my dad took charge of making sure I became a tomboy. Played outfield at all practices for my brother’s little league team that he coached. Wasn’t allowed anywhere near the dugout during a real game. Threw like a girl, tho’, but I could hit. Played golf. Title IX, I believe, took effect in 73.</p>
<p>This is a great thread, I just pulled out my HS yearbook, 1972, I was a soph. There are 44 pages related to the boys sports, everything you can think of. 4 pages on “girls sports” with several pictures of the intramural “flag football” game that was just on campus fun. No team photos, no names, no recognition whatsoever except for a small captioned photo of two girls who were CIF champions in tennis. It looks like we had a girls tennis team and a girls volleyball team. Corona Del Mar High School, Ca. I swam on a club swim team for 3 year until I got tired of having green hair!!
PS Just found the 1971 yearbook, 40 pages of boys sports, 2 pages of “girls interscholastic” sports. Does that mean that they didn’t even compete agaisnt other schools until 1972?</p>
<p><em>lol</em> socal, about the green hair! As a competitive diver, I was lucky to be a brunette! 
~berurah</p>
<p>Still have my old softball glove. The leather lace between the thumb and the glove finally gave out, so I used a long shoelace to tie it back together. Worked like a charm! I probably found the shoelace in the bottom of a drawer, so it was a freebie. When I think about how much sports cost these days…whew! </p>
<p>Throughout junior high school ('69-'72), we softball girls issued a standing invitation to the boys to join us for a no-score game on Saturday mornings at the school diamond. Boys vs. girls. Every week, we had enough for two teams, and we played until somebody had to go home. If the teams were unbalanced, the weaker team got all sorts of creative gimees. Sometimes, we shared the stronger players, like our pitcher would pitch for both teams! :)</p>