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St. Anthony's Senior Wins Wheelchair Basketball Title

Wheelchair basketball star keeps on winning.

St. Anthony’s senior Chris Bacon Jr. helped bring a National Wheelchair Basketball Association Junior Eastern Conference championship home to Long Island.

Bacon, whose father is president of the Greater Long Island Wheelchair Athletic Club, is a member of the Long Island Lightning, which topped the Bennett Blazers, 40-38, Saturday to capture the conference title.  

Bacon, of Dix Hills, recently committed to play adaptive basketball at the University of Alabama.

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