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- ↑ "Ramona: One of most valuable". The Delta Democrat-Times . 14 December 1975. p. 32. Retrieved 4 November 2023– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "DSU girls top seeded in Region III". The Delta Democrat-Times . 6 March 1975. p. 29. Retrieved 4 November 2023– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Forgotten Pioneers". CBS News . March 6, 1998. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
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- ↑ Stew Thornley; Marc Hugunin (2006). Minnesota Hoops. Minnesota Historical Society Press. ISBN 978-0873515740.
