EAGLE, Idaho — Idaho's first and only all-wheelchair basketball team is pushing for the next level and counting on the community to help them get there.

This weekend, they will host a holiday fundraiser that combines the magic of Christmas with the power of adaptive sports.

Dan McEntire, director of the Gem State Falcon Parent Organization and the newly formed Gem State Wheelchair Athletics , discovered the transformative power of wheelchair basketball when his son was just 10 years old.

McEntire's son was left paralyzed by an extremely rare illness, a cousin of polio, that only affects a few dozen people in the United States and only one other child in Idaho. At first, he thought it was just a cold.

"He was coughing, and then a few minutes later, he was paralyzed," said McEntire. "S

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