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Girls 6-on-6 Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion

6-on-6 Basketball Panel
State Historical Museum of Iowa
600 E Locust St, Des Moines, IA

Register to join the State Historical Society of Iowa and Iowa PBS at 1 p.m. on Saturday, October 19 at the State Historical Museum of Iowa for a showing of “More Than a Game: 6-on-6 Basketball in Iowa”.

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Iowa History 101 - On the Court: The History of Iowa High School Girls' Basketball

Iowa History 101 Image
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600 E Locust St, Des Moines, IA

Young women have been playing basketball in Iowa for more than 125 years. What began as community games in the 1890s became a feature of Iowa life every winter as Iowa high school women competed for the state championship.

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