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Wheelchair basketball game raises awareness of disabilities
School has more than 80 students in club
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Flowery Branch High basketball coach Hazel Hall prepares to shoot a free throw during a wheelchair basketball game between the students and faculty members Friday afternoon. The event topped off a monthlong program by the Partnership for Success and Career & Technology Instruction to get individuals informed about people with disabilities.
Teachers and students at Flowery Branch High School played a friendly game of basketball before leaving for spring break Friday afternoon. Their was only one catch — they couldn’t use their legs and they had to stay in their wheelchairs. “It was harder than we expected.