November 6, 2011
Alexis Kende and Mary Cassell, in the middle, participate in a soccer game with other athletes of the TOPSoccer program in November at Wootton High School. Youth with all disabilities, including those in walkers, participate in the program, despite the difficulty getting around grassy and often muddy fields in their walkers. TOPSoccer is exploring the possibility of using the old inline skating rink (main photo) at the Potomac Community Center for its programs, which would allow all of the athletes to compete without difficulty do to their equipment.
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County hopes to adapt roller hockey rink for accessible sports this fiscal year.
Some of Pam Yerg’s players use crutches and walkers and "struggle through the ruts and grass and the mud" to be part of soccer activities and games
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