Harpers Ferry Fireflies win National Championship to complete 15-0 season ...

The Harpers Ferry Fireflies Granny Basketball Team played to a National Championship Saturday, July 23, sweeping three games at the National Granny Basketball Tournament held at the Lipscomb University Activity Center in Nashville, TN. The team defeated the Missouri Show Me Shooters, 42-20, in the first round before downing the Louisiana Crushers, 27-14, in the tournament semifinals and then winning the national crown with a 47-38 championship game triumph over the Cedar Rapids Late Bloomers, another team competing from the state of Iowa. Teams competing in the national tournament came from Missouri, Kansas, Louisiana and Iowa. The Fireflies' national championship follows their state of Iowa championship won just over a month earlier and wraps up an undefeated, 15-0 season for the team that is made up of players from the tri-state area of Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Pictured above, left to right, are team members: Front row - Shirley Elliott, Linda Mahr, Tina Hendrix, Betty Steege, Lorie Floyd. Back row - Karen Wagner, Judy Kelly, Georgia Jones, Kathi Mitchell, Donna Matti, Nancy Walleser, Coach Bill Nation, Sherry Adney, Margaret Hermeier. Submitted photo.