They held bake sales, peddled candles and candy, did whatever they could to raise money, and yet they — or their parents — still had to pay some of the expenses of their cause. But then pioneers usually chart their own course, and this would be no different.
Judi Warren and her teammates from Warsaw High School won Indiana's first high school state tournament for girls' basketball in 1976. They traveled to the finals at Hinkle Fieldhouse in a camper. Yes, a camper, loaned by a local optometrist and driven by their coach. The girls all piled in, as cozy as could be, and headed off for Indianapolis, seat belts be damned in what promised to be a wild adventure.