Houston junior wheelchair basketball team wins national championship

Saturday, May 5, 2018
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston's very own junior wheelchair basketball team showed everyone that there's no limitations in life after winning a national championship!

Last month, the TIRR Memorial Hermann Junior Hotwheels Basketball Team defeated the Blazesports Jr. Hawks 62-56 on Sunday in the National Wheelchair Basketball Association's National Championship Tournament in Louisville, Kentucky.

The team entered the competition as the number one seed in their division.

It took a lot of work to repeat their national title success. They defeated three teams from across the nation to reach the championship.

They last won a National Championship Title in 2015.



All the members on this all-star team are area middle school and high school students with physical disabilities.
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On the team are Peter and Aaron Berry. You may recall, they are the brothers who lost their parents in a fatal car crash in 2011, leaving them paraplegics.
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Congratulations to everyone on the team!
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