By Ernest McDaniel
I was saddened to hear of the recent passing of Willie Wooten, a schoolboy basketball legend who played at Georgia School for the Deaf from 1973-1976. The name brought back fond memories of cold winter nights when every store in Cave Spring would close early for home games and townsfolk from the surrounding area would come to see the wonder boys of GSD play basketball.
Talmadge Gymnasium on the GSD campus was a small venue that would hold maybe 300, but for home games it was always standing room only, and the place would be packed to the rafters. They came to see the team that dominated Region 6B — the B Class was the smallest state classification at the time — and more often than not, they were entertained by a high-speed offense and stifling defense from a team led by Willie Wooten.
Source: Rome News-Tribune
By Andrew Walker
The piece of paper was hung up on the wall, and she looked, anxiously, for her name.
There it was: Lauren Godfrey.
She made it.
All her life, Godfrey has loved the game of basketball, and her passion showed up on the court growing up in Montpelier, and she developed into a three-time all-Central Indiana Athletic Conference point guard at Blackford High School.
Source: Hartford City News Times
Africa Deaf Basketball Championship
Uganda 28 Kenya 68
Kenya 57 Uganda 43
This was witnessed on Wednesday after the local deaf team hosted Kenya and lost both encounters at the Africa Deaf Olympics qualifiers at Lugogo Arena in Kampala.
Kenya made light work of Uganda to qualify after winning both games against Uganda, 68-28 and 57-43.
Read more: http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1432334/poor-preps-costs-uganda-deaf-basketball-olympics
Source: New Vision
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – Following a tryout period two weeks ago in Maryland, rising sophomore Hannah Neild (Litchfield, N.H.) of the Merrimack College women's basketball team earned a spot on the United States national team ahead of the 2017 Deaflympics, which will be played next summer in Samsun, Turkey.
Read more: http://www.merrimackathletics.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/20160714f6s6hr
Source: Merrimack Athletics
By Bill Cauley
The U.S. men's basketball team ended a seven-year drought at the Pan American Deaf Basketball Tournament on Wednesday at Maryland School for the Deaf.
The team, which features former MSD boys basketball standout Shawn Harrington, went undefeated in the five-team tournament, winning its first gold medal since 2009 with a 97-53 win over Argentina in the gold medal game.
Source: Frederick News-Post
By Jay Spivey
Matt Edwards is partially deaf in both ears. However, he was able to play basketball at Forsyth Country Day before graduating in June and parlayed that into a scholarship at Catawba.
But Edwards was just given a chance to play basketball for the United States national deaf team next summer in the Deaflympics. The Deaflympics will be comprised of 12 teams from around the world and are scheduled for Samsun, Turkey, July 18-30 of next year.
Source: Winston-Salem Journal
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