Kosciusko County Special Olympics Athletes Compete in Tournament
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UPLAND — Special Olympics Indiana Kosciusko County athletes competed in the “Take It To The Hoops” basketball tournament Feb. 7, sponsored by Special Olympics Indiana Grant County and hosted by Taylor University. Kosciusko County Special Olympics Director Becky Walls, in a release from the organization, said the county’s Special Olympics Panther basketball team and skills participants competed against other area athletes in the regional winter tournament. In the team basketball double elimination tournament, division 3, first game, the Panthers lost to the Grant County Warriors 54-11. The Panthers faced the Delaware County Hawks and lost 43-2 in their final game. In the skills competition, the following local athletes placed as follows in their divisions: 1st Place Gold: Robert Svinarich, Joe Bradley, Sandy Hunter. 3rd Place Bronze: Sandy Bibler, Brian Bierly. 4th Place: Sharon Singleton, Jaime Denhartog, James Nuell. 5th Place Mary Bicknell. 6th Place: Jose Medina. Walls noted that Jim Nuell competed as he celebrated his 72nd birthday. He is one of the oldest Special Olympics athletes in the Kosciusko County program. The Panthers and skills athletes next compete at the Special Olympics Sectional Basketball tournament March 21 in Logansport.
