Because they all have some form of muscular dystrophy, many only see Autry Keener, Zach Kieser, Chad Cahill, Colin McIntire, Brandon Stump, Sean Cahill and Greg Buse's limitations. Now they'll show everyone what it's like to celebrate as national champions at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Turnstone.

Ranging in age from 10 to 25, the members of Turnstone's Team Fearless recently won the National Power Soccer Tournament Division II championship in Indianapolis.

Power soccer is an adaptive wheelchair sport created for power-chair users about 20 years ago, and was offered at Turnstone for the first time in 2006. Temporary guards are installed on the front of chairs and are used to punch an enlarged ball around the court. Each side plays with four players at a time. There are more than 50 teams nationally who compete.

The Indianapolis tournament capped a two-year run to the championship. Last year Fearless won the regional but lost the national championship game 2-1 to another local squad, the Fantastic Flyers, in Suwanee, Ga. This year Fearless was the top-ranked team all year until the regional when it was upset by the Courage Thunder of Minnesota, 3-0. The local teams met again at the national tournament, this time in the semifinals. Fearless won 5-0 to advance to a rematch against the Courage Thunder. The Fantastic Flyers finished fourth.

In the title match, Minnesota scored first, the first goal the Fort Wayne team had allowed in the tournament. After settling down, the Fearless rallied to take a 2-1 halftime lead on goals by Stump and Kieser. Chad Cahill scored in the second half for a 3-1 final.

“It took lots and lots of hard work,” said Stump, who won the Golden Guard Award as the tournament's top scorer with 15 points.

Most of the players have played together the last two seasons. Placing second at the regional tournament helped the team refocus, coach Dave Kieser said.

“Every since they beat us in Minnesota, we studied their game,” Dave Kieser said. “We knew their tendencies and came up with plays for them. You know how teams can get when they almost know what each other is thinking? That's the way it got for us. Over the course of two years, it became much more than just a team.”

Players who never before have had a chance to participate in sports came together to win a championship.

“This is the only sport I play on a regular basis,” Stump said. “In the disabled world, a lot of us can't get around, but this is one of the few times I get to interact on a regular basis with people of similar abilities. I'm not a big sports guy, but now that I'm actually in one I'm almost addicted.”

The Turnstone Flyers basketball team is looking for players. Practice will start Aug. 1 for two teams, ages 8 to 12 and 12 to 18. For more information, call coach Bob Burnsworth at 359-7000.