Kosciusko County Special Olympic Athletes Compete in Indianapolis
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INDIANAPOLIS – Nearly 1,500 Special Olympics athletes from across Indiana recently competed in the fourth annual Eunice Kennedy Shriver Games at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School. Kosciusko County Special Olympic athletes competed in flag football and corn toss events at the EKS Games Sept. 13 and 14. Lunch was provided at this day-long competition along with musical entertainment. The flag football team coached by Dave Miller won their first two preliminary placement games in the morning but lost both afternoon divisional games, earning a fourth place finish. Flag football team members included Matt Bammel, Matt Baker, Gabe Santana, Amy Philson, Tony Thompson, Anthony DeGaetano, Scott Frush,, Kevin McPeak, Aaron Hobbs and Cedrick Tinker. Ken McPeak, head coach for corn toss, did an excellent job preparing the athletes for the competition, according to information from Kosciusko County Special Olympics. The Kim Holloway/ Shannon Middaugh team won the silver medal in their respective division. The following corn toss teams won the bronze medal in their division: Gale Vanator/ Josie Wood; James Mornout/ Jordan Bollhoeffer; Norm McPeak/ JD Miller. The following corn toss teams placed fourth in their division: Mary Kay Bess/ Sandy Bibler; Ruby French/ Jerry Davis; Sandy Hunter/ Michelle Brubaker; Robert Svinarich/ Jim Kussmaul. The corn toss unified competition (athlete and coach) saw fourth place finishes for the following teams: Liz Wabol/ Becky Walls; Wayne Momeyer/ John Bonitati. County coordinator Becky Walls expressed thanks to the volunteers and coaches for their efforts in making this possible for local Special Olympic athletes. Special Olympics league bowling is currently underway with team basketball and skills basketball beginning in late fall.
