Time Frame Artifact Type Title Description
1934-1993 Video Girls 6-on-6 Basketball: Preparing for Gameday in Rural Iowa

Playing in the barn, cattle calls to disrupt practice shots, and mom and dad taking over the chores were all part of game day preparation for some rural Iowa girls basketball players.
1959-1993 Video Iowa Girls 6-on-6 Basketball: Coach Larry Niemeyer

In this segment from Iowa PBS’s More Than a Game: 6-on-6 Basketball in Iowa documentary, Larry Niemeyer describes his experiences coaching a girls 6-on-6 basketball team for the first time.
1959 Video Highlights from the Iowa Girls 6-on-6 Basketball State Tournament: The Blizzard of 1959

Among the many highlights from past girls 6-on-6 state basketball tournaments, one memorable event didn't have anything to do with the actual game of basketball--the blizzard of 1959.
1993 Video Iowa Girls 6-on-6 Basketball: Highlights from the Last State Tournament Game (1993 Finals)

The 1993 state championship game between Hubbard-Radcliffe High School and Atlantic High School is the last official high school girls 6-on-6 basketball game in Iowa. This segment is from Iowa PBS’s More Than a Game: 6-on-6 Basketball in Iowa documentary.
1934-1993 Video Iowa Girls 6-on-6 Basketball Covered in the News

The popularity of girls 6-on-6 basketball in Iowa was aided by major newspapers and radio coverage. This segment from Iowa PBS’s More Than a Game: 6-on-6 Basketball in Iowa documentary features interviews with several sports reports from the era.
1934-1993 Video Iowa Girls 6-on-6 Basketball: Small Communities Travel to Des Moines to Support Their Teams

In this segment from Iowa PBS’s More Than a Game: 6-on-6 Basketball in Iowa documentary, reporters, players and coaches recount how rural towns traveled to support their teams during the week of the state tournament in Des Moines.
1934-1993 Video Iowa Girls 6-on-6 Basketball Emerges in Small Town Iowa

Why couldn’t a farm girl play basketball in the 1920’s? This segment from Iowa PBS’s More Than a Game: 6-on-6 Basketball in Iowa documentary features a sports reporter’s perspective on why girls 6-on-6 basketball thrived in rural Iowa.