PEORIA — This goes under the heading of In Case You Missed it, but the girls sports world lost an important pioneer and advocate when Marian Kneer died on July 3 at age 96. "It took a while before Title IV came in (1972), but Gabby Kneer was there at the very beginning, in the 1960s, battling, she was behind the push for all those rights for girls sports," said Lorene Ramsey, herself an iconic women's sports figure in central Illinois. "It was her passion. She was always doing something to further sports opportunities for girls...
