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Mitchell Greathouse is usually just a spectator at Freedom High School’s basketball team, but Tuesday night, his dreams came true.
Greathouse, a senior, was diagnosed with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy when he was 9 months old, according to Langston Wertz Jr. of the Charlotte Observer, so dreams of hitting the hardwood were unlikely.
The boys’ basketball team — hoping to motivate him in his physical therapy — used his dream as a tool for something big.
“So, I got together with (coach Casey Rogers) and said, ‘If he can take 50 steps would you allow him to play?'” Freedom teacher Meghan Welty said. “He said, ‘Of course.'”
Greathouse got his shot during Freedom’s 80-57 win over Patton High School, as players from both teams got involved, cheering him on as assisted on a scored basket by Freedom senior Niguel Moore.
“That night was amazing,” Welty said. “We live in a small town and the gym was packed full and the student section was full and they all had handmade signs. I expected that Wednesday, when I got to school, that it would be crazy. But it’s Friday, three days later, and it’s still the talk here.
“The kids at school are united and trying to get Mitchell on the Ellen Show. It’s gone viral and it’s pretty amazing to see our community come together. Mitchell is Freedom’s No. 1 fan and he’s always supporting this school. It was neat to see our school come together for him.”
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