BIRTHDAY GIRL ELIANA MASON LEADS USA WOMEN’S GOALBALL INTO SEMIFINALS OF TOKYO PARALYMPICS

Mason scores three goals in 5-3 win over Russian Paralympic Committee TOKYO, Japan (September 1, 2021) – The never-say-die USA Goalball Teams continued their streak of come-from-behind wins on Wednesday at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. This time it was the U.S. women’s team rallying from a 3-2 halftime deficit to defeat the Russian Paralympic Committee, 5-3, in a quarterfinal match at Makuhari Messe Hall C. The victory puts the U.S. into tomorrow’s seminal against Brazil and comes a day after the USA Men’s Goalball Team advanced to the semifinals after overcoming a 4-1 second-half deficit to best Ukraine in…  Read More

USA MEN’S GOALBALL ADVANCES TO PARALYMPIC GAMES SEMIFINALS WITH THRILLING OVERTIME WIN

U.S. to face China in Thursday’s semifinal round in Tokyo TOKYO, Japan (Aug. 31, 2021) – The USA Men’s Goalball Team advanced to the semifinal round of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with a thrilling come-from-behind victory against Ukraine in sudden-death overtime Thursday at Makuhari Messe Hall C. First-time Paralympian Calahan Young (Irwin, Pa.) fired the opening shot of the overtime period between two Ukrainian defenders to give the Americans the 5-4 triumph. The U.S. will now face China in Thursday’s semifinal. “We never stop believing in each other,” said John Kusku (Commerce Township, Mich.). “There was never a thought…  Read More

USA WOMEN’S GOALBALL DEFEATS DEFENDING CHAMP TURKEY TO FINISH PRELIMINARY PLAY AT TOKYO PARALYMPICS

Quarterfinals begin Tuesday for USA Men’s Goalball TOKYO, Japan (Aug. 30, 2021) – The USA Women’s Goalball Team is heading into the quarterfinal round of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games on a high note after rallying to defeat defending gold medalist Turkey, 4-3, on Monday to close out pool play with a 3-1 record. The U.S. finishes the preliminary round second in Group D and will face the third-seeded Russian Paralympic Committee from Group C in Wednesday’s quarterfinal beginning at 7:30 p.m. local time (6:30 a.m. EDT). “We just kept pushing and staying in our gameplan and just kept going…  Read More

USA MEN’S GOALBALL BOUNCES BACK WITH ROUT OF ALGERIA

Paralympic rookie Calahan Young scores 8 goals in 13-5 win TOKYO, Japan (Aug. 29, 2021) – Two days removed from an 11-1 loss to host nation Japan, the USA Men’s Goalball Team responded with a convincing 13-5 victory over Algeria in preliminary-round play Sunday at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. The win guarantees a quarterfinal berth for the U.S. “The Japan game kind of took the air out of our lungs so to speak,” said U.S. Coach Keith Young. “This game we had a great strategy. We played it and we stuck with it.” The game was a seesaw affair…  Read More