Saturday, November 7, 2009

North Carolina teen with muscular dystrophy organizes wheelchair hockey team

From WWAY-TV:

Nov. 7 at Hoggard High School a young man hopes to realize a dream with the help of his classmates.

Freshman Justin Verzaal (pictured) is not about to let muscular dystrophy hold him back. He wants to start a power wheelchair hockey team here in eastern North Carolina.

With the help of Hoggard's student leadership class, the school will hold a start-up clinic Nov. 6 at 1 p.m. in the Hoggard gym. Justin said wheelchair hockey is fun. “Over the summer I went to a power hockey tournament at the RBC Center in Raleigh. It was crazy,” he said.

The clinic is open to everyone, but they especially want you to come if you are in a power wheelchair.