High School girls basketball in KANSAS : 1909 - 1921                                           UNDER CONSTRUCTION 

                    Before the establishment of the KSHSAA in 1912, Kansas University sponsored a basketball tournament that was open to all high schools in the state. The games were played at the new $100,000 Robinson Gymnasium. The first such tournament was in 1908 and only six boys teams participated. In 1909 the university held the tournament to coincide with the high school conference of accredited High Schools conducted by the University each March. As an added attraction, the tournament officials convinced four girls teams to compete. The stated purpose of hosting the athletic events was to draw the high school students to Lawrence with the hope they would be influenced to attend Kansas University.

                    Four girls teams took to the floor in this first tournament that became known as the state championship. Beloit girls were able to claim the loving cup over Hutchinson, Chanute and Nickerson (fka Reno County). The jubilant celebration that welcomed the girls back to Beloit proved that the game was more than just an athletic exercise for the students. A reported 1,000 citizens gathered at the rail station to greet the team. From the very beginning, the boys and girls tournaments drew a lot of fan interest and win or lose the teams were a source of civic pride. 

                     The state association conducted separate boys tournaments from 1912-1915. The Kansas University boys event was merged with the KSHSAA tournament from 1916-1920. In 1921 only teams that had qualified through the district tournament system were allowed to participate and Kansas University was no longer in charge of the state tournament.. It is not known if the girls teams had to qualify in the same manner as the boys. There are reports of girl's district tournaments at the same site as boy's events. But there were also participants in the girl's bracket that may have been invited. 1921 marked the last year of girls participation in the KSHSAA district or state events.    SEE continuation of  this history on page 2.

Scores as could be determined from 1909-1921. All of these tournaments were held at Robinson Gymnasium - Kansas University

Finals = Championship   SF = Semi-Final   QF  = Quarter-Final  2R = Second Round

1R = First Round     PR = Preliminary

1909 Kansas University Open Invitational   1910 Kansas University Open Invitational
 
CH Beloit 15 Chanute 8   CH Chanute 28 Reno County 15
SF Chanute 19 Reno County 13   SF Reno County 40 Minneapolis 3
SF Beloit 29 Hutchinson 10   SF Chanute 25 Glasco 18
  PR Reno County 23 Arkansas City 11
  PR Chanute 30 Osawatomie 4
 
 
 
1911 Kansas University Open Invitational   1912 Kansas University Open Invitational
 
CH Chanute 32 Reno County 22   CH Reno County 37 Chanute 35
SF Chanute 38 Wamego 12   SF Chanute 40 Wamego 33
SF Reno County 44 Clay County 8   SF Reno County 27 Osawatomie 11
QF Wamego 29 Dickinson County 19   QF Chanute 26 Olathe 16
QF Chanute 68 Bonner Springs 4   QF Wamego 37 Florence 10
QF Reno County 36 Olathe 20   QF Reno County 23 Hutchinson 20
QF Clay County 12 Osawatomie 9   QF Osawatomie 22 Bonner Springs 10
PR Wamego 33 Wellsville 8   PR Chanute 36 Sabetha 8
PR Dickinson County 29 Florence 13   PR Hutchinson 67 Burlingame 5
PR Olathe 21 Hutchinson 20  

 

 

1913 Kansas University Open Invitational   1914 Kansas University Open Invitational
 
CH Sterling 31 Ellsworth 9   CH Arkansas City 30 Chanute 22
SF Ellsworth 15 Bonner Springs 13   SF Chanute 21 Sterling 15
SF Sterling 31 Labette County 14   SF Arkansas City 43 Colby 23
QF Ellsworth 14 Wamego 7   QF Chanute 28 Alton 14
QF Bonner Springs 18 Baldwin 16   QF Sterling 20 Ellsworth 14
QF Labette County 24 Englewood 9   QF Arkansas City 40 Atchison 10
QF Sterling 23 Chanute 20   QF Colby 29 Bonner Springs 28
1R Wamego 23 Paola 21   1R Chanute 44 Linwood 8
1R Ellsworth 24 Marion 19   1R Alton 22 Wamego 14
1R Bonner Springs 18 Sylvan Grove 2   1R Sterling 29 Burlington 0
1R Baldwin 24 Anthony 22   1R Ellsworth 26 Burlingame 8
1R Englewood 15 Burlington 10   1R Arkansas City 41 Beloit 10
1R Labette County 25 Olathe 12   1R Atchison 36 Whitewater 34
1R Chanute 32 Spivey 28   1R Bonner Springs 26 Sylvan Grove 9
1R Sterling 22 Dickinson County 12   1R Colby 26 Parsons 25
  PR Chanute 40 Baldwin 11
  PR Linwood 17 White City 12
  PR Beloit 18 Buffalo 15
  PR Arkansas City 27 Wellsville 12
 
 
1915 Kansas University Open Invitational   1916 Kansas University Open Invitational
 
CH Chanute 30 Sterling 17   CH KC-Rosedale 47 Elsmore 27
SF Chanute 24 Colby 12   SF Elsmore 27 Parsons 23
SF Sterling 17 Whitewater 5   SF KC-Rosedale 35 Sabetha 28
QF Chanute 26 Hill City 7   QF Parsons 22 Merriam 2
QF Colby 15 Ellsworth 8   QF Elsmore 23 Berryton 18
QF Sterling 33 Atchison 13   QF Sabetha 21 Burlingame 11
QF Whitewater 13 Arkansas City 10   QF KC-Rosedale 20 Sterling 12
1R Chanute 36 Norton 7   1R Merriam 22 Morrill 9
1R Hill City 14 Bonner Springs 8   1R Parsons 25 Leavenworth 6
1R Ellsworth 34 Oskaloosa 7   1R Elsmore 25 Arkansas City 17
1R Colby 25 Baldwin 5   1R Berryton 27 Atchison 9
1R Atchison 16 Kiowa 4   1R Sabetha 18 KC-Argentine 2
1R Sterling 48 Eudora 11   1R Burlingame 11 Waterville 10
1R Whitewater 17 Lyndon 6   1R Sterling 20 Bonner Springs 15
1R Arkansas City 13 KC-Rosedale 9   1R KC-Rosedale 25 Baldwin 4
  PR Merriam 20 Holton 19
  PR KC-Rosedale 30 Minneapolis 6
 

 

Dickinson County is now known as Chapman

1917 Kansas University Open Invitational   1918 Kansas University Open Invitational
 
CH Elsmore 41 KC-Rosedale 27   CH Chanute 35 KC-Rosedale 32
SF KC-Rosedale 25 Chanute 10   SF KC-Rosedale 47 KC-Turner 9
SF Elsmore 38 Merriam 29   SF Chanute 28 Baldwin 14
QF Elsmore 33 Waterville 9   QF KC-Rosedale 20 Atchison 11
QF Merriam 29 Gardner 13   QF KC-Turner 32 Eudora 14
QF KC-Rosedale 36 Paola 13   QF Chanute 28 Burlington 15
QF Chanute 18 Mankato 8   QF Baldwin 31 Lawrence-Oread 5
1R Waterville 9 Tribune 6   PR KC-Rosedale 26 Herington 4
1R Elsmore ! 2 Burlington 0   PR Atchison 27 Gardner 14
1R Gardner 14 Nickerson 12   PR Chanute 36 Valley Falls 13
1R Merriam 24 KC-Argentine 5   PR Burlington 20 KC-Argentine 17
1R KC-Rosedale 34 Englewood 21  
1R Paola 25 Potter 2  
1R Chanute 24 Baldwin 7  
1R Mankato 23 Olathe 16  
PR Nickerson 14 Hamlin 7  
PR Merriam 26 Wamego 9  
PR Chanute 14 Atchison 12  
PR Baldwin 16 Hiawatha 7  
 
 
 
1919 Kansas University Open Invitational   1920 Kansas University Open Invitational
 
CH KC-Rosedale 37 Chanute 25   CH Ottawa 48 Ozawlie 34
SF KC-Rosedale 19 Ozawkie 16   SF Ozawkie 44 Independence 22
SF Chanute 20 Burlington 19   SF Ottawa 55 Burlington 28
QF KC-Rosedale 45 Olathe 16   QF Ozawkie 21 Lawrence-Haskell 14
QF Ozawkie 29 Sedgwick 12   QF Independence 13 Syracuse 11
QF Burlington 36 KC-Turner 10   QF Burlington 38 KC-Turner 17
QF Chanute 19 Clay Center 18   QF Ottawa 48 Dodge City 16
1R Sedgwick BYE   1R Ozawkie 21 KC-Rosedale 14
1R Ozawkie 25 Douglass 5   1R Lawrence-Haskell 27 Leavenworth 13
1R Olathe 23 Lawrence-Oread 11   1R Independence 21 Holton 8
1R KC-Rosedale 28 Wellington 13   1R Syracuse 29 DeSoto 6
1R Burlington 35 Leavenworth 5   1R Burlington 34 Waterville 7
1R KC-Turner 27 Gardner 14   1R KC-Turner ? El Dorado ?
1R Chanute 15 Valley Falls 8   1R Dodge City 16 Atchison 14
1R Clay Center BYE   1R Ottawa 35 Chanute 9
  PR Ottawa 42 Valley Falls 9
  PR Chanute 35 Cuba 8
  PR Dodge City ! 2 Vinland 0
  PR Atchison 19 Alta Vista 11
  PR El Dorado ! 2 Garden City 0
  PR Lawrence-Haskell 39 Liberal 8
  PR Holton 20 Cherokee County 16
 

 

1921 - Several game reports and names of entries are missing

1921 Kansas University Open Invitational
CH Gardner 40 Wellsville 25
SF Wellsville 26 KC-Rosedale 23
SF Gardner 29 Russell 17
QF Wellsville 21 Dodge City 18
QF KC-Rosedale 30 Kiowa 29
QF Gardner 31 Mulvane 12
QF Russell 39 Sterling 7
1R Russell 27 Everest 12
1R Sterling 18 Topeka-Oakland 13
1R Mulvane 20 Merriam 12
1R Gardner 33 Oxford 15
1R Dodge City 19 Independence 16
1R Wellsville 37 Stockton 10
1R Kiowa 24 Cherryvale 10
1R KC-Rosedale 24 Horton 10
2R Russell 27 Scranton 24
2R Everest 12 Long Island 6
2R Topeka-Oakland 20 Clyde 13
2R Sterling 33 Smith Center 16
2R Mulvane 16 Enterprise 5
2R Merriam 21 Blue Rapids 9
2R Gardner 16 Burlington 13
2R Oxford 22 Leavenworth 12
2R Dodge City 21 Ozawkie 20
2R Wellsville 34 Solomon 9
2R Horton
2R KC-Rosedale
2R Kiowa
2R Cherryvale
2R Wellsville
2R Stockton
PR Russell 36 Whiting 15
PR Scranton ! 2 Phillipsburg 0
PR Everest 16 Simpson 14