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Coaches: Bertha Teague, Byng High School, Byng, Oklahoma.Won three straight state tournament championships in the 1930s (1936-1938), a record that was not equaled in Oklahoma girls' basketball until 1987 (now that Oklahoma has switched to five-on-five, and established multiple enrollment-based classifications in the sport—now seven—it has become easier to "three-peat").
The Lady Chieftains are a girls basketball team from Shiprock, New Mexico, located on the Navajo Nation. They are the subject of the documentary Rocks with Wings . The documentary charts the transformation of the team from a lackluster team to a championship team led by coach Jerry Richardson.
Paige Madison Bueckers [1] (/ ˈ b ɛ k ə r z / BEH-kərz; born October 20, 2001) is an American college basketball player for the UConn Huskies of the Big East Conference.. Nicknamed "Paige Buckets", Bueckers attended Hopkins High School in Hopkins, Minnesota and was ranked as the number one recruit in her class by ESPN, receiving national high school player of the year honors.
Andrews was born near Granbury and graduated from Granbury High School in 1955. She grew up with brothers Walter and George, and sister Shirley who also played and later coached girls basketball. [7] Clyde Rains held Shirley back for one year in school so she and Leta could play basketball together for four years in high school. [8]
During her junior season, a YouTube video featuring her dunks was watched more than 6.6 million times, [28] leading to a meeting with Shaquille O'Neal. [29] During her senior year, Griner led the Nimitz Cougars to the Texas 5A girls basketball state championship game, where Nimitz lost 52–43 to Mansfield Summit High School.
Most high school games are played with four 8-minute quarters, while NCAA, WNBA, and FIBA games are played in four 10 minute quarters. In 2015–2016 the NCAA changed the rules to 10 minute quarters from 20 minute halves. [14] High lobs or tip-ins can be attempted with up to 0.3 seconds left in the period per the Trent Tucker Rule.
References 0–9 2-for-1 A strategy used within the last minute of a period or quarter, in which the team with possession times its shot to ensure that it will regain possession with enough time to shoot again before time runs out. Applicable in competitions that use a shot clock (all except NFHS in most US states). 3-and-D Any player, typically not a star, who specializes mainly in three ...
Miami Country Day School began in 1938 as an elementary boarding school for boys, founded by Luther B. Sommers and C.W. Abele. [3] In the early years, the school was known as The Miami Country Day and Resident School for Boys. Through the 1950s and 1960s, day students were enrolled.