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That was grade school in the 70s in Wisconsin, too. We bundled up about four months of the year. We were kept in for rain, when it snowed so hard you couldn't see through it, or when it got colder than -20. The unwritten rule was that everyone had to be picked but the people picking the teams took turns picking them in order. The number of boys and girls on each side evened out, so did the number of kids who were good at the game. Since the good kids cancelled each other out there was usually some opening for all the kids to get the ball if they tried.