Adaptive athlete breaking barriers, competing on middle school track team

Adaptive athlete breaking barriers, competing on middle school track team

By Erica Mokay, Mike Darnay Click here for updates on this story     Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A middle school student in the Upper St. Clair School District is breaking barriers, believed to be the first junior-high adaptive track athlete in all of western Pennsylvania. Holden Schwamberger is doing things his own way, setting an example for others in the district and paving the way for young athletes just like him across the state and beyond. Holde…

Boxing Without Barriers’ athletes live the thrill of fight night at 3rd Spring Showcase

By Isabella Disley There’s nothing that boxing promoters love more than a sold-out crowd on a Saturday night, but Chantal Deketele had the unique distinction of packing over 100 fans into the Beaver Boxing Club’s basement home without the prospect of knockouts or blood spilled. “It doesn’t have to mean getting beaten up or punching people in the face all the time,” explains the founder of Boxing Without Barriers, a program for all ages and all a…