Garden City High School
south central Minnesota, ten miles south of Mankato on #169
Years Represented: 1925, 1927
Sharon and Ray Pope, Rosemount provided two photos of the Garden City girls basketball teams.
1925 - Front: Gladys Putrah, Mary Kraus, Mildred Dimmick, Mae Anderson, Viola Bulfer. Back: Jessie Felix, Maud Gilman, Miss Castle (coach, Winefred Adams, (NA) Thomas.
1927 - Front: Mae Thurston, Verna Keinholz, Harriet Wilber, Dora Stiles, Gladys Putrah, Phyllis Stuveland. Back: Dagmon Castle (coach), Weber, Van Sickle, Elsie Stiles.
A small boy is holding a trophy and the ball is marked "27 Champs."
The Mankato Free Press newspaper, March 30, 1927, reported, "The Garden City girls team won the basketball championship of District No. 7 last night, defeating Rapidan in the finals at the Teachers college, seventeen to ten.
"The Garden City cagers were awarded a trophy and Rapidan received a basketball.
"Start Even
Last night's game, attended by a large number of fans from Garden City and Rapidan, found the two teams battling on about even terms for the first half. Rapidan took the lead in the first quarter, which closed with the score five to four. Garden City tied at the halftime, when the score was seven all.
"Garden City begn to gain in the third quarter and in the fourth ran completely away from Rapidan.
"Rapidan was the victim of hard breaks on shootings, but Garden City proved accurate in this respect, on one occasion making four out of five tries, two of them from half-way out on the floor. Stiles exhibited unusual skill in making such long shots."
The photos are on display in the cafe, Formerly Cranes, in Garden City.
1925 - Front: Gladys Putrah, Mary Kraus, Mildred Dimmick, Mae Anderson, Viola Bulfer. Back: Jessie Felix, Maud Gilman, Miss Castle (coach, Winefred Adams, (NA) Thomas.
1927 - Front: Mae Thurston, Verna Keinholz, Harriet Wilber, Dora Stiles, Gladys Putrah, Phyllis Stuveland. Back: Dagmon Castle (coach), Weber, Van Sickle, Elsie Stiles.
A small boy is holding a trophy and the ball is marked "27 Champs."
The Mankato Free Press newspaper, March 30, 1927, reported, "The Garden City girls team won the basketball championship of District No. 7 last night, defeating Rapidan in the finals at the Teachers college, seventeen to ten.
"The Garden City cagers were awarded a trophy and Rapidan received a basketball.
"Start Even
Last night's game, attended by a large number of fans from Garden City and Rapidan, found the two teams battling on about even terms for the first half. Rapidan took the lead in the first quarter, which closed with the score five to four. Garden City tied at the halftime, when the score was seven all.
"Garden City begn to gain in the third quarter and in the fourth ran completely away from Rapidan.
"Rapidan was the victim of hard breaks on shootings, but Garden City proved accurate in this respect, on one occasion making four out of five tries, two of them from half-way out on the floor. Stiles exhibited unusual skill in making such long shots."
The photos are on display in the cafe, Formerly Cranes, in Garden City.
Garden City 1925
Garden City 1927