Athens adaptive sports team grows, lifts athletes’ confidence
Cheers erupted as the Dawgs scored their first points of the football season.Classic City, a wheelchair sports program, creates space for Athens-area students with disabilities to compete in organized team sports, including handball in the fall, basketball in the winter, and football in the spring. Many athletes were elementary school-aged, competing against established teams made up of older, high school players. “A wheelchair is just a piece of sports equipment.
- ▪Cheers erupted as the Dawgs scored their first points of the football season.Classic City, a wheelchair sports program, creates space for Athens-area students with disabilities to compete in organized team sports, including handball in the
- ▪Many athletes were elementary school-aged, competing against established teams made up of older, high school players.
- ▪“A wheelchair is just a piece of sports equipment.
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