While the Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High wrestling team practiced in the school’s upper gym Monday morning, preparing for a meet in Agawam the next day, Ritchie Elgar sat alone in the adjacent weight room.
With his left hand, the reigning Mayflower League MVP reached to the ground and picked up a 30-pound dumbbell; his right hand gripped the side of his wheelchair, enabling him to sit up straight as he performed a biceps curl with the weight.
The 17-year-old Franklin resident, the defending state vocational school champion at 106 pounds as a sophomore, was in a car accident last summer that left him paralyzed from the sternum down.
Continue reading the article in the Boston Globe (subscription required)
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/west/2015/01/04/paralyzed-tri-county-regional-voke-wrestler-ritchie-elgar-determined-compete-again/GCHzAZ6mVwkhEknUlehF1J/story.html
Prior articles on Elgar can be found here:
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2014/09/he-spent-first-few-weeks-in-hospital.html
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2014/10/we-wanted-to-make-transition-easier-for.html
The fund raising page is still active and can be found here
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| older screen grab of fund raising page - current total is over $15,000 |
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