Wheelchair athlete battles best in racquetball

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WHITWATER (WKOW) -- When Jeremy Lade heard about an upcoming racquetball tournament in Sun Prairie that featured some of the best players in the world, he wanted to take a shot at playing the best. But for Lade to even play is pretty amazing.

Lade is in a wheelchair. He says they adapt some rules for him to play. For instance he gets two bounces to return instead of the standard one bounce in racquetball.

But despite that, even other spectators didn't want to play their own game in order to watch him play.

Lade wanted a new challenge because he is already pretty dominate in wheelchair basketball, and as director of athletics for wheelchair sports at UW-Whitewater, Lade is an inspiration to other people with disabilities.

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