Back on Deck: Lin Dunn's Game-Changing Block Joins Women's Team to Secure Triumph!

DRESDEN, Tenn. — The late morning, northwestern Tennessee sky is casting beautiful shadows on the old brick building as Lin Dunn pulls into the parking lot of a place she hasn't been inside for decades, her old high school gym, her sanctuary more than 60 years ago when the world she'd always known was turned upside down. Dunn opens the door and what's inside is so poignant, such a throw back in time that the sounds of basketballs hitting the hardwood and referees' whistles screeching above the raucous cheers of a rowdy crowd can almost be heard, ever so faintly.

For a moment, it feels like the early 1960s again, and all around are the remnants of the glorious days of high school basketball that lit a fire in Dunn's soul. "Wow. It's just wow," Dunn, 78, says as she opens the door and walks inside.

"I had forgotten how unique, how beautiful. " The Dresden High School gym is unique, somehow dingy and magnificent all at the same time. The rafters are beams of dark wood lined up, then criss crossing at the ends.

Hanging from the beams are bright, fluorescent bulbs that shine down, creating miniature spotlights across the timeworn court. The same scoreboard that kept track of Dunn's offensive domination, more than 2,000 points in two seasons, is still there, smaller than most televisions these days. Below it is the red-and-white logo of one of the most popular products of the time: "Compliments of Coca-Cola.