Clarion-Goldfield-Dows has cancelled its varsity girls’ basketball season. Not enough students are interested. Story: KCCI via KCRG.
“The [IGHSAU] knows the number of girls playing basketball is going down, but does not know why,” KCCI’s Marcus McIntosh said in the story.
This is about enrollment. This is about decline in interest in extracurricular activities, across the board, for years. And if not those, I can explain it in two words: Travel volleyball.
Given that I recently wrote about Goldfield’s school coming down and its once-rich basketball tradition, a story like this should be treated as a warning.