The 1928 Girls Basketball

team at Ankeny High School has the first news that I could find. For a few years there were yearbooks published, before the war and the depression.

from that 1928 Book: "A few years ago not many girls were taking part in athletic contests. Now almost every girl is competing for honors in this department. Girls' basket ball has progressed at Ankeny with the same rapidity that it has in other schools. The earnest effort of Miss Van Fossen, the Director of Physical Education, has resulted in making athletics very popular.

The main sport for girls this year was basket ball. A large number of candidates reported for the tryouts. Those who were selected were Georgia Donaghy, Lydia Gentosi, Anita Ugulini, Velma Parmenter, Alma Wheeler, Yolanda Gentosi, Hannah Dann, Margorie Boozel, Dora Logli, Dorothy Way, Evelyn Farlow Emma Bulgarelli.

The annual basket ball series ended the year with seven victories and five losses. The ability which was uncovered was exceptional and a credit to any school.

The girls attended the tournament at Springhill where they defeated Springhill, but lost in the game with Johnston. Here they displayed an exceptional brand of basket ball but were found weak in their crucial game.

Such outstanding girls as Donaghy, Bulgarelli, Ugulini and Gentosi, were enough to show the crowd plenty of basket ball at all times. Perhaps less interest was acknowledged in the series this year than former years, but if so, it was due to the fact that so may other events were scheduled on the same night. Wonderful spirit was displayed on the floors. The sisterly attitude that existed among the majority of teams was indeed commendable.

At the beginning of the season, a sportsmanship code was formulated and posted in the dressing room for all to see. In order to further this interest in good comrade, Miss Van Fossen offered a trophy cup to the girl who displayed the best spirit and lived up to our code best, throughout the season. At the end of the season a vote was taken by all the basket ball girls and Emma Bulgarelli, captain of 1926-27, was declared the winner of the cup. Such a contest in the series has proven itself a valuable component in interscholastic sports.

Anita Ugulini was elected Captain for the year of 1928-29."

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