I did not want to go to the alumni basketball game at Xavier High School Saturday night. I whined about it somewhat incessantly, especially once I confirmed that I would be the sole representative of the 1981 - 1982 squad. "I'm going to be the oldest alumnae there," I said. They line you up at [...]
Tag: Title IX
Courting memories in the Torchy Clark Gym
Four years after Title IX passed, I played on my grade school's first girls' basketball team. Coached by Sr. Corrine and my mom, neither of whom had ever played the game, we enjoyed a two-game season, one home and one away, both against the same team. So, when I landed in Xavier High School's hallowed gym a [...]