Anyone 18 or younger with a physical disability can be on our team. Physical disability is many other things besides a traditional spinal cord injury and paralysis. We have heard comments that people thought you had to be in a wheelchair full-time to play wheelchair basketball. Not true! Come see our team and find out about playing with us if you have any level of disability!
Our team is divided into Prep and Junior Varsity. Prep is for boys 12 and under or girls 13 and under. Junior Varsity is for players 18 and younger.
Practice starts in September and continues thru May. Practice is held for Prep and Junior Varsity every Monday from 7pm till 9pm. Junior Varsity players have an additional practice session on Wednesdays from 7pm till 9pm each week. All practices are at Carleton Middle School. It is located on the south side of 15 Mile Road about 1/2 mile east of Van Dyke. The address is:
8900 Fifteen Mile Road
Sterling Heights, MI 48312
Note: There is no practice on days when school is closed, such as Christmas break, spring break, etc.
For more information call Coach Diane Winterstein at 586-446-2708, or email her at
May 3, 2007
Forty-five Student Athletes with Physical Disabilities Selected for 2007 National Paralympic Academy at Olympic Training Center. Adam Rose of the Challengers was one of those selected. See news page for more info or go to the U.S. Paralympics website at:
http://www.usoc.org/paralympics/news_52311.htm
April 16, 2007
DJ Murray and Mackenzie Soldan of the Challengers have both been officially selected to represent the USA at the 2007 Australian Junior National Wheelchair Games this fall.
March 24, 2007
Guestbook and more photo albums added. Please sign the guestbook and let us know you were here!
March 21, 2007
Video Highlights of the Challengers JV Championship Game in Peoria, Illinois added! Go to google video and search for Sterling Heights Challengers. Or click here to go direct to the video.
March 11, 2007
Challengers JV team wins 2007 Nationals! See News page for more info.
February 25, 2007
Challengers Prep team takes second at 2007 Nationals! See News page for more info.
March 12, 2006
Challengers Prep team takes second at 2006 Nationals! See News page for more info.
