![Head coach Dino Babers (left in white shirt) and his Orange football team prepares to run onto the Carrier Dome field prior to the Syracuse-Connecticut football game on Sept. 22, 2018](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/Unorganized/syracuse-vs-uconn-football-e1598495280798-768x513.jpg)
The Sept. 12 ACC football season opener against North Carolina is still on despite spikes in campus coronavirus numbers there.
![Ulf Oesterle is among Ironman’s top ranked physically challenged triathletes in the world.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/Sports/2020/Ulf-Osterle-Paratriathlete/ulf_featured-768x512.jpg)
SU professor during the week and medal-winning paratriathlete on weekends, Ulf Oesterle is training through the pandemic in hopes of reaching the international Paralympics.
![Dave Cloutier](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/dave-poster-768x431.png)
Dave Cloutier has never been one to wallow in pity. Years ago, Cloutier decided to stop and help a broken down car on the side of the road. While assisting the driver, another vehicle crashed into them, pinning Cloutier between the two cars.
![Erik Ryan](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/erik-poster-768x434.png)
Even though he could not walk, Ryan didn’t let that stop him from going out into the world and trying to conquer it.
![Ryan Werener](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/ryan-poster-768x432.png)
Ryan isn’t like all the other kids on the ice rink. Ryan’s been an amputee since he was a baby after having his lower left leg removed due to cancer.
![Jess Schreiner](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/jess-poster_small-1-e1609172004828-768x512.jpg)
Diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a baby, Jess uses a wheelchair to get around. Her condition affects her muscles and spinal cord, causing pain in her back area and having her muscles continually moving on their own.
![Cody Arnold](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/cody-poster-e1600365171152-768x512.png)
He fell in love with sled hockey nine years ago when his mom first took him to the ice rink.
![Myles Favata](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/myles-poster-768x431.png)
Born with the spinal condition spina bifida, Myles Favata, has never had full control of his legs.
![Jess Schreiner](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/jess-poster_small-1-e1609172004828-768x512.jpg)
Contrary to the belief that sled hockey is for only people who cannot move with a full range of mobility, the sport can prove challenging for anyone at any level.
![Syracuse University kicker Sterling Hofrichter kicks off to Wagner College during the Sept. 8th game. Syracuse defeated Wagner 62-10.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/Sports/2018/Football/Wagner_09067168/Gramley_Football_180908_06-768x513.jpg)
The 2020 NFL Draft saw two former SU players get drafted, with DE Alton Robinson taken in the fifth round and P Sterling Hofrichter taken in the seventh round.Â