The floors creak and the ceiling is low. The windows are open, but it's stifling. You try not to look at who is looking at you, but you have to. The players try to work as a team on the court. But in reality, it's every girl for herself.
Cattle calls are like that.
An expensive sport to play Many of the area's best players suit up for Seattle Magic. The nonprofit organization, founded in 1987, fielded 11 select teams last summer with 122 girls ages 10 to 17. The team of girls graduating from high school in 2001 was a mix from private and suburban schools, but none from Seattle public schools. All of the players on Magic's premier senior and sophomore teams were white. Basketball has become a very expensive sport to play.