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When
we
think
of
a
basketball
game,
we
think
of
two
teams
of
tall
people,
running
back
and
forth
a
cour,
dribbling
and
passing
a
ball,
with
the
hopes
that
the
ball
will
swish
through
a
goop
that
is
ten
feet
in
the
air.
Now
imagine
the
same
game,
but
with
a
twist.
Both
teams
are
still
dribbling
and
passing
the
ball
in
an
effort
to
sink
it
through
a
goop,
but
now,
each
team
is
wheeling
back
and
forth
in
forth
in
wheelchairs
instead
of
running
on
foot.
This
sport
is
known
as
wheelchair
basketball,
and
it
has
become
a
popular
sport
for
people
who
are
both
confined
to
a
wheelchair,
and
even
for
those
who
are
not.
Of
course,
some
of
the
rules
have
to
be
changed;
for
example,
one
can't
be
called
for
foot
faults,
and
one
can't
always
be
dribbling
when
trying
to
wheel
a
chair.
Nevertheless,
these
wheelchair
athletes
have
adapted
exceedingly
well,
and
the
spirit
of
the
game
is
very
much
alive.
Anyone
who
likes
sports
can
play.
One
doesn't
have
to
be
disabled,
to
qualify
for
a
wheelchair
team.
Able-bodied
people
are
needed
to
fill
some
of
the
positions
of
the
teams,
as
there
isn't
always
a
large
population
of
disabled
wheelchair
athletes
in
some
areas.
Each
team
player
has
a
value
of
several
points,
in
accordance
to
a
medical
scale
of
disability.
For
instance,
an
abled
-
bodied
person
has
a
value
of
4
points,
and
a
disabled-
body
can
range
from
a
value
of
3
to
1,
depending
where
on
the
spine
the
medical
problem
is
apparent,
with
3
being
low
on
the
spine,
and
1
being
higher
up,
near
the
neck.
Thus,
3's
are
considered
less
disabled
than
l's,
and
any
one
team
cannot
exceed
a
total
value
of
13.5
points.
There
is
no
limit
on
age;
anyone
can
play
on
either
the
men's
or
women's
senior
team
over
the
age
of
1
8,
and
there
is
even
a
junior
leauge
for
young
people
interested
in
playing.
Wheelchair
basketball
is
a
national
sport
,
and
B.C.
has
six
different
teams
in
the
Cariboo
Cup
alone.
The
teams
in
the
Cariboo
Cup
come
from
all
over
the
province,
from
places
such
as
Kitimat,
Kamloops,
Vancouver,
Surrey,
Fraser
Valley
and
Prince
George.
The
Cariboo
Cud
finals
were
last
weekend.
Our
Prince
George
team,
the
Titans,
did
very
well
at
the
tournament-
they
won
all
six
games
to
win
the
Cup,
and
now
the
Titans
will
go
on
to
the
Provincials
that
will
be
held
in
March,
on
the
23rd-25th
weekend.
If
they
win
at
the
provincial
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Finals
Prince
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Kitimat
45-24
The
way
all
the
teams
handled
themselves
on
the
court
was
very
impressive,
and
the
players
appeared,
at
times,
to
have
totally
forgotten
that
they
were
in
wheelchairs,
and
let
the
spirit
of
sport
take
over.
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