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U.S. Goalball Teams Named to Compete in Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

National Goalball Team Head Coaches Ken Armbruster and Mike Legé have named the Women’s and Men’s teams that will represent Team USA at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro September 7-18. Both teams will play in a round-robin tournament format beginning Thursday, September 8. Games continue into the weekend and the following week. Medal games are scheduled for Friday, September 16. Click here for the full Rio 2016 Paralympic Games schedule. The Women’s Paralympic team is comprised of six players, four of whom have competed in at least one Paralympic Games. Collectively, the women have appeared in 15 Paralympic Games.… Read More

U.S. Men’s Goalball Brings Home SILVER and BRONZE from Vancouver Grand Slam

U.S Men’s Goalball stood strong against the competition this weekend at the Vancouver Goalball Grand Slam. The tournament brought together 8 teams from 3 countries for 20 goalball games starting Friday, March 18. The U.S. men split into two teams (USA 1 and USA 2) to take on British Columbia, Finland, Quebec, Alberta and hosts, Vancouver. Team USA 1’s roster was comprised of Joe Hamilton, John Kusku, Tyler Merren, Daryl Walker and Coach Matthew Boyle. Team USA 2’s roster included Andy Jenks, Abel Del Toro, Grej Pesjaka, Matt Simpson and Coach Mike Legé. USA 2 remained undefeated after the first… Read More

USABA Tandem Cycling Teams Compete in 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships

By: Amanda Weldon This weekend, the world’s best Paralympic track cyclists will gather together for the 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Montichiari, Italy. The event will host 174 athletes from 32 countries and will give riders a final chance to compete against the best before they cross paths again this September at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio. In Montichiari, two USABA tandem teams will compete among 18 athletes representing Team USA at this year’s World Championships. Both USABA stokers are U.S. Army veterans and alumni of USABA Cycling Development Camps. U.S. Army active duty Chester Triplett (Mooresville, N.C.) will… Read More

All-Star Games Add Spark to Midwest Regional Goalball Tournament

By: Jessica Kusku, Tournament Director Sixteen men's teams and nine women's teams traveled to Warren, Mich. to compete in the 32nd annual USABA Midwest Regional Goalball Tournament, Feb. 20-21. The tournament, hosted by the Michigan Blind Athletic Association, is one of the largest goalball tournaments in the country. The tournament kicked off Saturday morning with round robin play. Teams were split into four men's pools and two women's pools. Only the top eight men’s teams would make it to the quarter-finals. South Florida Crossfire, Nova Scotia, Crown, and Quebec outplayed the competition and made it to the men’s medal games.… Read More

Teams Shine at 6th Annual Cascade Classic

By: Jen Armbruster, Tournament Director The 2016 Cascade Classic Goalball tournament finished on Valentine’s day with some sweet medal matches. The ladies from Portland State faced off against N.J. for BRONZE. Both teams had national players representing their clubs. Portland State University jumped out to an early lead and never looked back securing the 3rd place finish. The Utah guys faced another local team of the Northwest Association of Blind Athletes (NWABA) Avalanche which was a close contest but the Men from Utah proved to be too much of a match for the local team. The GOLD medal matches were… Read More