Accessing the Experience

Accessing the Experience
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William Smith, 15, of Stewartstown, Penn. hops off his wheelchair to get a better angle while taking a turn at the World's Biggest Basket - a game in which contestants must slingshot a tiny basketball high up into a larger-than-life hoop - while attending March Madness Access the Experience with his mother Sunday afternoon at the Peoria Civic Center. He was also there to compete with his team in a wheelchair basketball tournament, which has been going on at the same time as the Boys IHSA Tournament at the Peoria Riverplex and the Civic Center. "It's been quite a weekend," Smith says. "We've been busy." DAVID ZENTZ/JOURNAL STAR