Danbury's girls program began in the early days of basketball. The boys program began in the 1910 season, however the girls did not begin playing the sport inter scholastically until 1914. Records from 1914-1920 are difficult to reconstruct, however the project continues to be undertaken.
During the formative 1910-1920 period games were played in various locations, with local ground rules in effect for the games to be played. For instance in Elmore, the high school would host their home games at the Opera House - as this building had the largest indoor floor space available, however columns and other obstacles were in the playing area with ground rules in effect for balls striking them etc. The schools of the Ottawa County Athletic Association (OCAA) played in several interesting locations: Elmore - The Opera House, Oak Harbor - The Armory; Port Clinton - The Casino; Genoa - Still to be determined; and Lakeside - (two from 1910-1923) Lammer's Hall and Norton Hall.
Lammer's Hall was the first home to Danbury Athletics. The Hall was a dance parlor. Several independent amateur teams as well as Lakeside played there.
Danbury began playing their home contest at North Hall (Lakeside) in 1915. The building was rededicated as Norton Hall (1919) for Fred Norton, a Lakeside graduate and ace pilot who died in World War I . The playing surface at Norton Hall was interesting to say the least. The floor was long (fifty-two feet) and narrow, Its width approximately twenty five feet wide. However, the playing surface was a complete open span, with no post or other obstructions, and it did have a high ceiling. The court had no out of bounds - in fact the sides of the court had a 36" high wall surrounding it. Attached to the wall and running to the ceiling was poultry netting. Thus the floor was actually caged in. The building, while small by todays standards, served as Danbury's home court from 1915 until 1923.
The roaring twenties brought about a boom in high school basketball. Schools actually added basketball courts to their buildings and the game continued to evolve from year to year.
In 1924 Danbury moved into its new state of the art school house. The building, part of the core of the present high school, offered the students of Danbury High School the "best basketball court in Ottawa County". The court was regulation width and length for the time period. It had seating along the south side of the floor, with a stage to the North side. Four windows on each end provided natural light during the day.
The Lakeside girls teams dominated the Ottawa County Athletic Association during the 1920's and won two championships in the 30's. In 1940 the Ohio High School Athletic Association banned girls basketball. With no other teams to play, the program was discontinued.