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JCPS creates wheelchair basketball team for students

The district put together the Louisville Lightning, a special group of JCPS students who showed off their basketball skills.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The district created a basketball team for students in wheelchairs. Photojournalist Addy Hill shows the Louisville Lightning’s last scrimmage against another team from Cincinnati. 

The Louisville Lightning is also an adapted track and field team. The season for them begins in March.

For more information on JCPS Adapted Sports, email the Louisville Lightning at JCPSLouisvilleLightning@jefferson.kyschools.us. 

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