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Basketball Wizard
Mary Botts had played girls basketball at Madison College and carried her love of the sport over to a career that would inspire waves of envy in big time coaches from Adolf Rupp to John Wooten.
‘‘We didn’t have state championships then" recalled Mrs. Cotton Miller, Mary Botts’ teammate at Madison who taught with her for ten years at Sperryville and coached the boys basketball team at the little school. “She won everything around here though. You could say she had a championship team.”
Yes, it could be said that Mrs. Quaintance put together a championship team since her girls were i^ndefeated for 15 YEARS. As part of her contribution towards their 15 year winning season, she was always available for practice time and transported her athletes to and from school when they couldn’t arrange transportation.
And the efforts Mrs. Quaintance put into coaching definitely qualified as a contribution even though she didn't write them off on her income tax. Her 15 winning seasons without a loss came at a time when teachers received no pay for extracurricular activities.
As principal of Rappahannock Elementary School, Mary Botts Quaintance led the way to integration and consolidation in county schools while working ceaselessly for peace and harmony. She deserves a large part of the credit for the ease with which both were accomplished.
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