Basketball fans are turning their attention to Baltimore this week, as the city hosts the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) basketball tournament for its third straight year at CFG Bank Arena.
But this past weekend, Baltimore hosted another major basketball event: the National Wheelchair Basketball Association’s East Coast Varsity Conference Championship.
Young athletes from up and down the East Coast competed in the championship on Sunday, hosted by the Kennedy Krieger Institute.
Players from Kennedy Krieger Institute’s Bennett Blazers Adaptive Sports Program represented Maryland. In the final game of the weekend, the Blazers won against the New York Rolling Fury 59-35.
View the exciting action of this weekend’s wheelchair basketball championship in this gallery by photographer Carl Schmidt of Federal Hill Photography LLC:
Nasir Xavier Ray, center, talks with Caroline Fitzpatrick, right, both for Katie’s Komets, during the Katie’s Komets vs PA Lions game. Kennedy Krieger Institute hosts Wheelchair Basketball East Coast Varsity Conference Championship in Baltimore, Maryland. (credit: Carl Schmidt/Federal Hill Photography, LLC) Credit: Federal Hill Photography Keith McMinn, coach for the PA Lions, addresses the team during a timeout during the PA Lions vs Katie’s Komets game. Kennedy Krieger Institute hosts Wheelchair Basketball East Coast Varsity Conference Championship in Baltimore, Maryland. (credit: Carl Schmidt/Federal Hill Photography, LLC) Credit: Federal Hill Photography Drew Cushatt, #12 PA Lions, shoots a free throw during the PA Lions vs Katie’s Komets game. Kennedy Krieger Institute hosts Wheelchair Basketball East Coast Varsity Conference Championship in Baltimore, Maryland. (credit: Carl Schmidt/Federal Hill Photography, LLC) Credit: Federal Hill Photography Drew Cushatt, #12 PA Lions, brings the ball down the court as Ciarlo Liples, #13 Katie’s Komets, moves to defend. Kennedy Krieger Institute hosts Wheelchair Basketball East Coast Varsity Conference Championship in Baltimore, Maryland. (credit: Carl Schmidt/Federal Hill Photography, LLC) Credit: Federal Hill Photography Zee Arenas, center with cell phone and mother of Nuri Abdus-Salaam, #00 Fairfax Falcons, records the Ryan Martin Foundation Trojans vs Fairfax Falcons game. Kennedy Krieger Institute hosts Wheelchair Basketball East Coast Varsity Conference Championship in Baltimore, Maryland. (credit: Carl Schmidt/Federal Hill Photography, LLC) Credit: Federal Hill Photography Matthew Reid and Zacherius Delgado, #10 and #5 for Ryan Martin Foundation Trojans block a shot by Millie Lach, #13 Fairfax Falcons. Kennedy Krieger Institute hosts Wheelchair Basketball East Coast Varsity Conference Championship in Baltimore, Maryland. (credit: Carl Schmidt/Federal Hill Photography, LLC) Credit: Federal Hill Photography Indigo Bruehwiler, #14 Fairfax Falcons, brings the ball down the court during the Fairfax Falcons vs Ryan Martin Foundation Trojans game. Kennedy Krieger Institute hosts Wheelchair Basketball East Coast Varsity Conference Championship in Baltimore, Maryland. (credit: Carl Schmidt/Federal Hill Photography, LLC) Credit: Federal Hill Photography Delmace Mayo, #1 Ryan Martin Foundation Trojans, chases a loose ball during the Ryan Martin Foundation Trojans vs Fairfax Falcons game. Kennedy Krieger Institute hosts Wheelchair Basketball East Coast Varsity Conference Championship in Baltimore, Maryland. (credit: Carl Schmidt/Federal Hill Photography, LLC) Credit: Federal Hill Photography The Bennett Blazers concession area. Proceeds fund the Bennett Blazers program. Kennedy Krieger Institute hosts Wheelchair Basketball East Coast Varsity Conference Championship in Baltimore, Maryland. (credit: Carl Schmidt/Federal Hill Photography, LLC) Credit: Federal Hill Photography Catherine Ojo, of Columbia, Maryland, talks with Jake Buchanan, #25 Bennett Blazers, during halftime of the Ryan Martin Foundation Trojans vs Fairfax Falcons game. Kennedy Krieger Institute hosts Wheelchair Basketball East Coast Varsity Conference Championship in Baltimore, Maryland. (credit: Carl Schmidt/Federal Hill Photography, LLC) Credit: Federal Hill Photography Matthew Reid, #10 Ryan Martin Foundation Trojans and Nuri Abdus-Salaam, #00 Fairfax Falcons collide as they chase a loose ball. Kennedy Krieger Institute hosts Wheelchair Basketball East Coast Varsity Conference Championship in Baltimore, Maryland. (credit: Carl Schmidt/Federal Hill Photography, LLC) Credit: Federal Hill Photography Paul Weiland, coach for the Ryan Martin Foundation Trojans, addresses the team during a timeout during the Ryan Martin Foundation Trojans vs Fairfax Falcons game. Kennedy Krieger Institute hosts Wheelchair Basketball East Coast Varsity Conference Championship in Baltimore, Maryland. (credit: Carl Schmidt/Federal Hill Photography, LLC) Credit: Federal Hill Photography Players react as Greyson Beauregard, #41 Ryan Martin Foundation Trojans, prepares to throw the ball in during the Fairfax Falcons vs Ryan Martin Foundation Trojans game. Kennedy Krieger Institute hosts Wheelchair Basketball East Coast Varsity Conference Championship in Baltimore, Maryland. (credit: Carl Schmidt/Federal Hill Photography, LLC) Credit: Federal Hill Photography Coral Vargas, left, blue jeans, Karla Nieves, center, clapping , and Rene Vigo, right, clapping, cheer on the Ryan Martin Foundation Trojans during their game against the Fairfax Falcons. Kennedy Krieger Institute hosts Wheelchair Basketball East Coast Varsity Conference Championship in Baltimore, Maryland. (credit: Carl Schmidt/Federal Hill Photography, LLC) Credit: Federal Hill Photography Players react as Greyson Beauregard, #41 Ryan Martin Foundation Trojans, shoots a free throw during the Fairfax Falcons vs Ryan Martin Foundation Trojans game. Kennedy Krieger Institute hosts Wheelchair Basketball East Coast Varsity Conference Championship in Baltimore, Maryland. (credit: Carl Schmidt/Federal Hill Photography, LLC) Credit: Federal Hill Photography Carolyn Keith, grandmother of Nuri Abdus-Salaam, #00 Fairfax Falcons, reacts as the Falcons score on the Ryan Martin Foundation Trojans. Kennedy Krieger Institute hosts Wheelchair Basketball East Coast Varsity Conference Championship in Baltimore, Maryland. (credit: Carl Schmidt/Federal Hill Photography, LLC) Credit: Federal Hill Photography Tamara Brown, center, of Maryland and members of the Fairfax Falcons Alijaah Loggins-Gonzalez #04 and Caleb Rempe #25 react as the Falcons score on the Ryan Martin Foundation Trojans. Kennedy Krieger Institute hosts Wheelchair Basketball East Coast Varsity Conference Championship in Baltimore, Maryland. (credit: Carl Schmidt/Federal Hill Photography, LLC) Credit: Federal Hill Photography Indigo Bruehwiler, #14 Fairfax Falcons, shoots a freethrow during the Fairfax Falcons vs Ryan Martin Foundation Trojans game. Kennedy Krieger Institute hosts Wheelchair Basketball East Coast Varsity Conference Championship in Baltimore, Maryland. (credit: Carl Schmidt/Federal Hill Photography, LLC) Credit: Federal Hill Photography Attendees react as the PA Lions score against Katie’s Komets. Kennedy Krieger Institute hosts Wheelchair Basketball East Coast Varsity Conference Championship in Baltimore, Maryland. (credit: Carl Schmidt/Federal Hill Photography, LLC) Credit: Federal Hill Photography
