The court will be full at the Wellman YMCA, with those hooping it up and rolling across the floor. Adaptive Sports Iowa is hosting a 3-on-3 wheelchair basketball fundraiser event Saturday, March 26th. Adaptive Sports, based in Ames and founded in 2011, is an organization founded to promote, educate and organize sports and recreation opportunities for Iowans with physical disabilities. Cassidy Goodspeed with Adaptive Sports spoke with KCII News about the company’s goals, those who can participate in the fundraiser and how the proceeds will be used. “We provide sports and recreation programs to individuals with physical and visual disabilities across Iowa. Wheelchair basketball, a yearly winter ski experience, the only adaptive sports team on RAGBRAI, wheelchair tennis, baseball, and an airgun shooting program for veterans. I have mild cerebral palsy so growing up with a disability, I have that passion that sports should be available for everyone. All of the proceeds from the event will go toward our youth wheelchair basketball team. We offer it for players with a wide range of disabilities. 

Cost is $25 per person to enter with three to five players on a team with wheelchairs provided by Adaptive Sports. Format will be pool play with pools A and B taking the court in the first half of the day beginning at noon and pools C and D in action the second half of the day. Along with basketball there will be raffle prizes and concessions available. To register or find out more about the tournament visit the link with the story at KCIIradio.com. 21