��vlog Archive: When Iowa girls played 6-on-6 basketball

��vlog Archive: When Iowa girls played 6-on-6

I've been going to girls basketball games here in Central Iowa on a really regular basis for some five years now. Usually I get to tell you about him from the corner up there. There is so it's kind of nice to be sitting here for a change. But if you're a girls basketball fan, you know that girl's basketball has it all. Well, now they've got a song. It all started when a fella named Nate Smith nailed a peach basket to the balcony in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 18 91. Ever since then, you can hear a special sound all over Iowa in barnyard schoolyards. Play yards. It all adds up to something unique. Not just basketball. Not this girl's basketball, but Iowa girls basketball. Oh, Mr Naysmith, Just look what you've done. Why everybody's daughter wants to be number one and ensuring for the money. It's what you feel inside when you go over it all with a basketball, you do it for the bride. Those hours of the free throw line in practice every day and hoping that an injury won't throw it all way. Campbell, with fate and fate, flips record. Look out, Mr Cooney, We're over. We've got spirit. How about you? Parents and their friends got to You got a spare. How about you? You want to be in sweet 16? Nothing else. Mom and Dad are watching Like we always have before. You can hardly wait until they walk out And flowers They walk in a dream. It hardly seems enough. But they know what you mean. Downtown Des Moines feels so good when you're there. Why? Some folks only see it from a basketball repair. So walk with pride, Don't find a higher and check your past tense singing loud and tell the crowd you're gonna be the best God spare How about my parents? How about a two way Got stairs? How about you wanna be a sweet 16? Nothing else will do The governor is here. He's watching every play trouble twice as cool as I shoot your fade away And you see it in slow motion As it ripples through the net Now there's a shot that Wayne cooling never will forget Oh, here long You work so hard Practice till his pain His hand a hand One on one Now who can stand the strain on the caravan that take your home is feeling it inside. It'll come down. The world started what you feel is fried just because they use my daughter's basketball for the opening sound effects. Very talented Bob Cooke wrote it and sang it. They tell me it's going to be made available to the public on a larger album in just a few weeks by United Federal Savings. But this is Saturday Night special. You know something next Saturday night. If that's going to be a very special Saturday night for some girls basketball players, I'll be there. How about you?

��vlog Archive: When Iowa girls played 6-on-6

The Girls State Basketball Tournament is a popular event in Des Moines every year, but for decades, the game was played a little differently.Iowa girls used to play six-on-six basketball. It would continue as six-on-six until some schools started switching to the five-player game. More girls felt that they had a better chance of playing college basketball if they played five-on-five rather than six-on-six.In 1993, the Iowa Girls' High School Athletic Union voted to end six-on-six, officially switching to the more common five-on-five game. At the height of six-on-six, Des Moines entertainer Bob Cook released an album entitled "We Love Iowa." The album included the song "We've Got Spirit" about the popular Iowa High School Girls basketball tournament.The song starts out with a dribbling basketball, done by recording artist John Bartie, a Sioux City native. The sound of the dribbling ball gradually gains in speed to match the song's tempo, fading into the music track. Cook wrote all the lyrics and music for the record, which also included songs such as "We Love Iowa," "Fishin' Is Fine," "Are You Going to the Fair?," and "The Letter from Home."» Download the free ��vlog app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google PlayMore from the archivesFrom the archives: For one day in 1991, everyone in Perry went bananas��vlog Archive: Seals visit public swimming pool��vlog archives: Satellite radio in cars was just taking off in 2002��vlog Archive: Enjoy a 1-pound ‘Papa’ burger from a legendary Iowa tavern

DES MOINES, Iowa —

The Girls State Basketball Tournament is a popular event in Des Moines every year, but for decades, the game was played a little differently.

Iowa girls used to play six-on-six basketball. It would continue as six-on-six until some schools started switching to the five-player game.

More girls felt that they had a better chance of playing college basketball if they played five-on-five rather than six-on-six.

In 1993, the Iowa Girls' High School Athletic Union voted to end six-on-six, officially switching to the more common five-on-five game.

At the height of six-on-six, Des Moines entertainer Bob Cook released an album entitled The album included the song "We've Got Spirit" about the popular Iowa High School Girls basketball tournament.

The song starts out with a dribbling basketball, done by recording artist John Bartie, a Sioux City native. The sound of the dribbling ball gradually gains in speed to match the song's tempo, fading into the music track.

Cook wrote all the lyrics and music for the record, which also included songs such as "We Love Iowa," "Fishin' Is Fine," "Are You Going to the Fair?," and "The Letter from Home."

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