One Nation, Under God
One Nation, Under God
Former champions recall AAU days
The 1968 Malta M-ettes. Back Row: Jackie Taylor, Barbara McKeon, Janet Stiles, Robbie, McKoy, Linda Hughes, Deb Losleben, Terry Ann Jacobsen. Front Row: Cheryl Drabbles, Gail Stiles, Janet Mavencamp, Doris Jacobs, Carol Scofield and Coach Florence Schumacher.
It has been fifty years since the Malta M-ettes won the 1968 Montana Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Girls' and Womens' titles.
Having won the AAU Girls' title in 1967, their inaugural season, the M-ettes of 68' won their first back to back basketball state titles as high school athletes, despite drastic rule changes in 1968.
The PCN caught up with a few members of the 1968 team, to see what basketball was like in the team's earliest days. Those members include Gail (Stiles) Cummings, Barbara (McKeon) Sunford, Janet (Mavencamp) Dunbar, Jackie Taylor, and the team's head coach Florence Schumach...
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