Grand Meadow will be honored in first Minnesota High School Basketball Hall of Fame class

Published 6:17 pm Tuesday, January 30, 2018

The Grand Meadow girls basketball teams from 1929-1939 will be inducted with the initial class into the new Minnesota High School Basketball Hall of Fame. The inaugural class of 14 inductees will be honored March 26, with a reception at the Courts at Mayo Clinic Center at the second floor Experience Center from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

GM won 94 straight games over an 11-year period, outscoring opponents by an average of 38-12. According to “Daughters of the Game” by Marian Bemis Johnson and Dorothy McIntyre, the team played a two-court game with six girls to a team.

Lila Reiersgard coached the group of the first seven years and two players — Mildred Berg in 1930 and DeVera Bratrud in 1939 — had 50-point games during the streak.

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