I was on the volleyball team when I was a freshman and sophomore in high school. I really enjoyed playing the game. I was a pretty good server. I liked riding the bus to the games that were at other high schools. I don’t remember what happened to the team, but there wasn’t one when I was a junior and senior.
There weren’t many sports offered for girls when I was in high school. Looking at my yearbook from the year I graduated, 1967, the only teams that had girls on them were the swim and golf teams. Golf had one girl on its team. There were no girls on the track team, no girls baseball, softball, basketball or soccer teams. The only “team” girls really had was cheerleading and that was limited to just a few girls. There also wasn’t any city recreation league in the area I grew up in. I was on the girl’s basketball team for one year in Jr. High. I don’t know why there wasn’t a girl’s basketball team in high school. Very few girls were able to participate in any sports. I’m sure glad that has changed. I think that sports are very important for human development.. It is as important for girls as it is for boys. It is important for everyone.
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