Standing L-R: Coach Mary Down, Kim Cryderman, Tricia Mitchelson, Dee Dee Flemming, Teresa Barnett, Becky Thronson, Dawn Friday
Kneeling L-R: Lisa Wilcenski, Shannon Voss, Colleen Colles, Pam Darga
Kneeling L-R: Lisa Wilcenski, Shannon Voss, Colleen Colles, Pam Darga
They weren’t very tall but they knew how to play the game.
And they loved it.
What the girls on the 1983 Atherton High volleyball team lacked in size they made up for with sound coaching, relentless defense and a passion for the sport that overcame the odds.
After two years of coming close in the state finals, the Wolverines combined all those traits and experience into a dominant season that culminated in a Class C state championship.
Atherton went 44-2 in the winter of 1982-83, losing only to state-ranked Class A Temperance Bedford twice in a weekend tournament. The rest of the season they beat eventual state champions Wayne Memorial (Class A) and Richmond (Class B) and top-10 teams Warren Cousino,
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