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
By Philip Chrysopoulos
Greece is the European Champion in Deaf Women’s Basketball after beating Lithuania 52-41 in the final that took place at Nick Galis Hall in Athens.
The team of coach Athina Zerva made it to the final easily and won the trophy with relatively equal ease. The score in the 10-minute periods went as follows: 14-13, 26-22, 37-30, 52-41.
Read more: http://greece.greekreporter.com/2016/07/03/greece-is-european-champion-in-deaf-womens-basketball/
Source: Greece Greek Reporter
By Bill Cauley
Shawn Harrington didn’t start and only played four minutes for the U.S. national men’s deaf basketball team in Friday’s opening game of the Pan American Deaf Basketball Tournament at Maryland School for the Deaf, but it didn’t matter to him.
The former MSD standout was part of a team that got payback after two straight losses to Venezuela in international competition.
Source: Frederick News Post
FREDERICK, Md. – When the news finally came, she couldn’t stop smiling. And who could blame her?
Grace women’s basketball player Lauren Godfrey fulfilled a longtime dream this week when she was selected to the USA Deaf Women’s Basketball Team.
After a grueling three-day tryout process, Godfrey made the cut. She will now represent the red, white and blue on Team USA at the 2017 Deaflympics.
Read more: http://www.inkfreenews.com/2016/07/02/graces-godfrey-will-represent-usa/
Source: Ink Free News
By Bill Cauley
A former Maryland School for the Deaf and current Gallaudet University basketball player is among the 12-player United States men’s national team, which begins play today in the Pan American Deaf Basketball Games at MSD.
Shawn Harrington, a 6-foot-7 center, who was a standout for the Orioles in 2011, made the final cut on Wednesday. He seemed a little surprised he was able to make it through the two days of tryouts before being selected.
Source: The Frederick News-Post
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