Double Figures

It is a big deal today when a basketball team has six players score in double figures. It is special, that is when there is a lot of talent on a team. Still, I would like to tell you of a time in Iowa, almost twenty years ago.

It was during the six on six days of girl’s basketball. Actually the last year it was played. It was Jesup vs. East Buchanan.  If you remember in the old six-on-six days you had three guards on the defensive ends and they could not  not play offense. On the offensive end you had three forwards and their job was to score.

At Jesup that year we were lucky to have a multitude of athletes on both ends of the floor. We also had several people on the bench that were very talented.

The year was 1993 on a February night. Jesup had six forwards score in double figures. That had never been done before in Iowa history and it made the papers and the radios around the state. I do not think that the coaches, players, fans, or school knew then or know now how special that night was.

A number of those six players still live in the Jesup area and are very active in making our community and our school a better place. Although I list them by their maiden name you may know them by their married name. I wonder if any of them remember that night. The box score for Jesup went as follows:

Carrie Zuck                                   23 

Jenny White                                  15

Traci Smith                                   14

Amy Cagley                                  14

Karma Dahl                                  12

Rachelle Pilcher                             11

Click here  to learn more about the six player game and the end of it.