SV freshman takes shot at varsity
JACKSON TWP — Sports were going to be in Sydney Ring's future. Her parents just never figured it would be basketball.
The Seneca Valley freshman was born without a left hand.
“A congenital birth defect,” her mother, Cheryl Ring, said. “We've never made excuses for her. We've never babied her. We figured soccer would be a good sport for her, a better fit because you use your feet instead of your hands.”
But Sydney thought otherwise.
“She just gravitated toward basketball,” her mother said. “She's been playing since she was 4 or 5. She figured out how to dribble, how to go to either side. She's worked on her shooting. She's pretty much self-taught.”
And she's pretty good.
Sydney suits up for Seneca Valley's varsity and is one of the top scorers on the Raiders' junior varsity team.
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