The Turnstone Flyers are divided into two teams: Prep and Varsity. Prep Flyers ages 8-12. Varsity Flyers ages 13- graduation of high school.

Each team consists of players (male and female) with a variety of physical disabilities including spinal cord injury, Spina Bifida, Perthes Disease, Cerebral Palsy, an amputation, a significant orthopedic problem, or some other type of disability that limits their ability to compete at a competitive level against their able-body peers. The Turnstone Flyers play competitive games against other teams in the Midwest region, including Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin. The season runs from October through March with games and/or tournaments scheduled at least once a month. In the past, both teams have qualified and competed at the national tournaments held in Birmingham, AL; San Jose, CA; Houston,TX; Stillwater, OK; Philadelphia, PA; Denver, CO and Seattle, WA.

The Turnstone Flyers Wheelchair Basketball program (originally Turnstone Fury) started with only three kids back in the fall of 1994. After numerious practices and added players the group competed in their first tournament January of 1998 down at Southern Illinois University. Success didn’t come early but after countless hours in the gym and getting beat by older, stronger, and more experience teams the 2001-2002 Turnstone Flyers made history by qualify for Varsity Nationals for the first time. From that date the Flyers haven’t looked back and have qualified for Varsity Nationals the past 8 seasons. With the growing popularity of wheelchair basketball in Fort Wayne the Turnstone Flyers added a Prep team for the 2003-2004 season. The prep team has been just as successful by qualify for Prep Nationals the past 6 seasons.

Varsity Flyers with ending ranking and record:

2001-2002: 12th @ Varsity Nationals 4-10

• NJWBT: 12th –Birmingham, Alabama
• St. Louis, MO Regional
  • Qualified for Nationals with two wins over St. Louis Rams

2002-2003: 6th @ Varsity Nationals 17-15

• NJWBT: 6th — Birmingham, Alabama — March 7 – 9, 2003
  • Top Honors as National All Academic Athlete
    • Josh Dirig
  • 2nd Team All-American
    • Nathan Silvers
• Midwest Conference 3rd — Valparaiso, IN — February 15 & 16, 2003
  • 1st Team All-Midwest Conference
    • Josh Dirig
    • Nathan Silvers
    • Caleb Brown

• East Coast Regional Champs – Philadelphia, PA — January 18-19, 2003

Graduating Seniors: Josh Dirig, Nathan Silvers, Zack Sikora and Kevin Hughes

2003-2004: 11th @ Varsity Nationals 22-15

• NJWBT: 11th — Philadelphia, PA — March 26-28

• Midwest Conference 3rd — Valparaiso, Indiana — February 14 & 15, 2004

• Southeast Regional runner up — Cumming, GA — March 20-22, 2004

Graduating Seniors: Brian Nay, Kevin Showalter and Kevin Kohn

2004-2005: 6th @ Varsity Nationals 22-5

• NJWBT: 6th – San Jose, California — March 11-13
  • Nationals Sportsmanship Award
    • Caleb Brown
  • 1st Team All-American
    • Jarad Arambula
  • National All Academic Team
    • Caleb Brown
    • Evan Moser
    • Noah Yablong,
    • Jarad Arambula

• Midwest Conference Champs — Grand Rapids, MI — February 5-6, 2005
  • All Tournament Team
    • Jared Arambula
  • All Academic Team
    • Caleb Brown
    • Evan Moser
    • Noah Yablong

• Midwest Regional Runner up — Omaha, Nebraska — November 5-7, 2004

Graduating Senior: Caleb Brown

2005-2006: 5th @ Varsity Nationals 22-7

• NJWBT: 5th — Houston Texas — March 24-26th, 2006
  • 1st Team All-American
    • Jared Arambula
  • Wayne Memorial Scholarship (based on academics and extracurricular -community activities)
    • Andrew Tucker
  • National All Academic Team
    • Andrew Tucker
    • Noah Yablong
    • Evan Moser

• Midwest Conference Champs – Grand Rapids, MI — February 4 & 5, 2006
  • All Tournament Team
    • Andrew Tucker
  • Sportsmanship Award
    • Evan Moser
  • Most Valuable Player
    • Jared Arambula
  • All Academic Team
    • Evan Moser
    • Andrew Tucker
    • Noah Yablong
    • Kevin Weingartner
    • Josh Swoverland

• East Coast Regional Champs — Philadelphia — January 14 & 15, 2006

• Midwest Regional Champs – Whitewater, Wisconsin — January 7 & 8, 2006
  • All-Tournament Team
    • Jared Arambula

Graduating Seniors: Evan Moser & Andrew Tucker

2006-2007: 5th @ Varsity Nationals 24-4

• NJWBT: 5th
  • 1st Team All-American
    • Jared Arambula
  • National All-Academic Team
    • Noah Yablong
    • Kevin Weingartner

• Midwest Conference Champs — Valparaiso, IN — February 10 & 11, 2007
  • Most Valuable Player
    • Jared Arambula
  • All-Tournament
    • Joshua Swoverland
    • Noah Yablong
  • All-Academic Team
    • Kevin Weingartner
    • Joshua Swoverland
    • Noah Yablong
    • Sarah Sims

Graduating Senior: Noah Yablong

2007-2008: 3rd @ Varsity Nationals 30-4

• NJWBT: 3rd — Seattle, WA — March 29-31, 2008
  • Top Honors as National All Academic Athlete
    • Kyle Killworth
  • National All Academic Team
    • Kevin Weingartner
  • Finalist for the Tony Lucarelli Spirit Award
    • Jared Arambula
  • Finalist for the Robert J, Szyman Junior Division Leadership Award
    • Bob Burnsworth
  • 1st Team All-American
    • Jared Arambula
    • Josh Swoverland

• Midwest Conference Champs -Valparaiso, IN — February 16 & 17
  • All Academic Team
    • Sarah Sims
    • Kyle Killworth
    • Kevin Weingartner
  • All Tournament Team
    • Josh Swoverland
    • Kyle Killworth
  • Most Valuable Player
    • Jarad Arambula
  • Commissioner’s Award
    • Jarad Arambula
  • Tommy Kilbassa Courage Award
    • Daniel Henson

• ‘Courage Classic’ Runner up — Hastings, MN — November 10-11, 2007
  • Most Valuable Player
    • Jared Arambula

• 2007 USA Junior Team — Flyer Representatives — Sydney, Australia — Won Gold
  • Bob Burnsworth – assistant coach
  • Doug Arambula – team manager
    • Jared Arambula, Dan Henson, Josh Swoverland, and Kyle Killworth were among 12 of the players selected to play for Team USA.

Graduating Seniors: Daniel Henson & Jared Arambula.

Below is a link from http://www.paulschulte.com/ that shows the unbealivable finish between the Turnstone Flyers and Renegades at the 07-08 NJWBT quarterfinals. Its only 30 minutes…I would recommend skipping the 1st 4min. Enjoy

http://www.paulschulte.com/c/?q=node/589

2008-2009: 9th @ Varsity Nationals 22-7

• NJWBT:9th – Denver, CO — March 18 – 22
  • National All Academic Team
    • Sarah Sims (Ranked #2)
    • Kyle Killworth (Ranked #3)
    • Kevin Weingartner (Ranked #5)
  • All-American
    • Sarah Sims

• Midwest Conference Champs – Grand Rapids, MI — February 21 & 22, 2009
  • All Academic Team
    • Sarah Sims
    • Kyle Killworth
    • Kevin Weingartner
  • 1st Team All-Midwest Conference
    • Kyle Killworth
    • Josh Swoverland

Graduating Seniors: Kevin Weingartner and Devin Gilliam

2009 Varsity Flyers Midwest Conference Champs

Varsity Flyers record from 2002-2009: 163-67

Prep Flyers with ending ranking and record:

2003-2004: 2nd @ Prep Nationals 8-5

• NPWBT: 2nd — Peoria, Illinois — March 12 & 13
  • 1st Team All-American
    • Jared Arambula
    • Josh Swoverland
  • Most Valuable Player
    • Jared Arambula

**Kevin Weigarther played on Friday only (first two games) because he had a spelling bee competition at Anthis Career Center where he placed 1st and moved on to the 2003 Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. Kevin ended in the 2nd round.

• Midwest Regional 3rd Place — February 28 & 29 — Grand Rapids
  • All-Tournament
    • Kevin Weingarther
  • Most Valuable Player
    • Josh Swoverland

2004-2005: 7th @ Prep Nationals 13-7

• NPWBT: 7th — Birmingham, Alabama — February 18 -20
  • Lazero Rodriguez competed in 2005 Prep League Nationals SMACK DOWN!!!

• Midwest Conference Champs – Grand Rapids, MI — February 5-6, 2005
  • All-Academic Team
    • Kevin Weingartner 4.305
    • Sarah Sims 4.0
    • Jordan Thompson
    • Lazero Rodriguez

• Midwest Regional Runner Up — Ft. Wayne, IN — Jan. 29-30, 2005
  • Most Valuable Player
    • Josh Swoverland

2005-2006: 10th @ Prep Nationals 10-18

• NPWBT: 10th — Peoria, IL — March 10-12
  • 2nd Team All-American
    • Sarah Sims

**Triple overtime game wining basket by Brenden Yarian over Hammond Rolling Hoosieres for 10th place

• Midwest Conference runner up — Grand Rapids, MI — February 4 & 5, 2006
  • Most Valuable Player
    • Sarah Sims
  • All Academic Team
    • Sarah Sims
    • Jordan Thompson
    • Lazero Rodriguez.

• Midwest Regional runner up — Hammond, IN — January 14, 2006
  • 1st Team All-Tournament
    • Rosie Welfle
    • Sarah Sims

2006-2007: 20-4

• Qualified but didn’t attend Nationals — Seattle, WA February 22-25

• Midwest Conference Champs (Valparaiso, IN) February 10 & 11, 2007
  • • • Won Championship over Sterling Heights Challengers who finished 2nd @ Nationals.
  • Most Valuable Player
    • Nina Welfle
  • 1st Team All-Tournament
    • Brenden Yarian
    • Aidian Judge
  • All-Academic Team
    • Daniel Klinger
    • Alex Leckron

• ‘Prep For The Future’ Champs – Fort Wayne, IN –January 20 over Grand Rapids Jr. Pacers
  • Hustle Award
    • Daniel Klinger
  • 1st Team All Tournament
    • Nina Welfle
    • Jordan Thompson

2007-2008: 3rd @ Prep Nationals 18-2

• NPWBT: 3rd — Kennesaw, Georgia — February 22-24, 2008

• Midwest Conference runner up — Valparaiso, IN — February 16 & 17
  • All Academic Team
    • Alex Leckron
    • Lazero Rodriguez
    • Daniel Klingler
  • All Tournament Team
    • Daniel Klingler
    • Aidian Judge
  • Hustle Award
    • Jordan Thompson
  • Most Valuable Player
    • Nina Welfle

2008-2009: 3rd @ Prep Nationals 19-6

• NPWBT: 3rd — Denver, CO — March 18 – 22
  • All-American
    • Nina Welfle

• Midwest Conference runner up — Grand Rapids, MI — February 21 & 22, 2009
  • All Academic Team
    • Alex Leckron
    • Lazero Rodriguez
    • Nina Welfle
    • Robert Burns
  • Most Valuable Player
    • Nina Welfle

2009 Prep Flyers Midwest Conference Runner Up

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Prep Flyers record from 2004-2009: 88-42

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