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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Ooooooo, I'm a happy women's basketball history geek!

From Deangelo McDaniel at Alabama's Decatur Daily: Rare photos tell story of all-girls Hazlewood High basketball champs

Before there was a three-point line, and before women's basketball had gained full acceptance, these women at Hazlewood High School made history.

Between 1924 and 1926, they made three consecutive appearances in the state tournament and built a reputation that, for the most part, history has forgotten.