Now Let's Hear It for Bad Pack and Their Gold Medal

Bet you thought we were done with reports from Minnesota. Well, we just caught up with the fact that a Wisconsin team won the gold medal in the National Special Olympics Unified Sports Championships at the 2009 USA Adult Volleyball Championships in Minneapolis.

You can find all the details about Bad-Pack and its undefeated tournament run on the Special Olympics Wisconsin site. According to the article, "Special Olympics Unified Sports Program pairs Special Olympics athletes with age and ability appropriate partners." Below is Bad Pack's roster:

SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES

• Chad Johnson (Viroqua)
• Jessica Harter (Viroqua)
• Zachariah Higgs (Viroqua)
• Robert Lambert (Viroqua)
• Craig Becker (Milwaukee)
• Stephanie Becker (Milwaukee)
• Christine Cherne (Brown Deer)
• Geoff Coleman (Brown Deer)
  

AGE AND ABILITY APPROPRIATE PARTNERS

• Megan Scullin (Watertown)
• Josh Bigelow (Watertown)
• Brittany Schloemer (West Bend)
• Colleen Lepak (West Bend)
• Jeremiah Moll (Slinger)

COACHES

• David Bigelow (Watertown)
  
• Dale Schloemer (West Bend)
  

Huge congrats on this outstanding accomplishment.