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Lady Bulldogs have excelled over the years
 | Author:
Victor Sample
Vic Sample: MT43 News Treasurer |
Lady Bulldogs Have Excelled Over the Years
Victor Sample
Our Lady Bulldog Volleyball team had an amazing season. They played like champions all season long with grace and grit and spirit. We are all proud of the ladies on that team that finished second in the All-Class Volleyball Championships.
As a young Bulldog playing football and junior varsity basketball in the late 60s, there were three sports: football, basketball and track. AND they were all boys' sports. The girls had cheerleading, pom-pom girls performing at halftime and playing in the band. There was nothing wrong with those activities, but there were no sports opportunities.
When I was a senior one girl wanted to be on the track team and run long distance. All the boys thought that was weird; girls just did not play sports.
Then Title IX was passed and girls had to be given the same opportunities as boys. Now 55 years later, we have far more sports: Cross Country, Football, Volleyball, Basketball (boys and girls), wrestling, golf, tennis and track. Girls now have the opportunity to participate in a variety of sports: Cross Country, Volleyball, Basketball, Tennis, Golf and Track. Even though Football and Wrestling remain mostly a boys' sport, there are girls participating in them as well.
The number of girls at BHS who participate in sports is pretty impressive. It shows how much pent-up desire to compete athletically that we had been denying these young ladies.
More important than the number of girls participating is the athletic skill they show. This year, Kyla Meissner won a State Championship in Cross Country and the Lady Bulldogs Volleyball placed second in the State Championship. In fact, over the years, the girls' teams have won state championships in Basketball, Volleyball, Tennis and Golf.
The athleticism of the Lady Bulldogs Volleyball team was truly outstanding. I was in awe of these Ladies.
I fully admit how silly and just plain stupid the boys were when it came to girl athletes. It did not take me 55 years to realize that; soon after Title IX, it was apparent how wrong-headed our thinking was.
I am glad that we finally see that girls need the same opportunities as boys. Over and over, it has proven to be a great change in our view of sports.
