Girls Got Game
Girls Got Game
In Girls Got Game, SDPB explores the sports of basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, and more, and examines how girls’ athletics have grown and evolved in the Mt. Rushmore state since the passage of Title IX. SDPB speaks with Ruth Rehn, Jo Auch, Jill Christensen, Lolly Forseth, and others who were involved in the early history and evolution of women’s athletics in the state. Produced by Nate Wek.
Watch Girls Got Game Thursday, May 12 at 8pm Central, 7 Mountain on SDPB-TV.
Stories from Girls Got Game
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From SDPB's Girls Got Game documentary: The story of Pierre's Brianna Kusler, the first woman to head coach a high school boy's AA basketball team in South Dakota -
SDPB's newest local history documentary examines how Title IX changed South Dakota high school sports. -
High school gymnastics didn't become a sanctioned sport in South Dakota until 1974, but before that time, Lolly Forseth was already helping lead the charge with the sport.
