HELENA — A member of Helena’s Last Chance Curling Club is heading to the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games.

Katie Verderber is one of five Americans selected to represent Team USA in wheelchair mixed curling in March. Verderber qualified for the team following a months-long process stretching back to August, which she said included many rounds of selection camps, competitions and traveling.

Verderber said 12 athletes attended a final selection camp in Minnesota, where USA Curling is headquartered. She called the moment she found out she’d made the national team “incredible.”

“It was very surreal,” Verderber told MTN Sports on Tuesday. “I think it kind of took a moment to sink in. I was the last name of the five read off, and so I was really excited for a couple of my other tea

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