They have names like the Harpers Ferry Fireflies and Ankeny Honeybees. All of them are “ladies of a certain age” who enjoy a “gentle” game of basketball, dressed in an attire not seen since the early days of girls’ basketball – blouses and bloomers. And now, Wisconsin has its own Granny Basketball team – the Viroqua Driftless Dribblers.

Among the faces of the line-up is a familiar one – Boscobel High School’s Cindy Anderson, the family and consumer science teacher.

Cindy Anderson knew nothing of Granny Basketball before January. Oddly, it was a trip to WalMart that brought it into her life. She ran into a friend, who told her she would be participating.

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For the complete story, please see the April 6, 2017 issue of the Boscobel Dial.