More Than a Game: 6-on-6 Basketball in Iowa

In 1993, the era of girls' six-on-six basketball in Iowa came to an end. This one-hour Iowa PBS documentary takes a look back at the game and what it meant to generations of girls who played it. 

 

One of the most acclaimed sports in Iowa history, six-on-six was especially popular in small towns. It was there that young women became queens of the court, where communities rallied behind their daughters, and where school leaders, mostly male, fought for girls' equality. Like no where else in the country, young women in Iowa have played the game of basketball for over a century. 

 

Six-on-six was unique. The girls who played it and the rural communities that loved it were part of an experience that may never again be replicated in any sport, by either gender. For Iowans, it was More Than a Game.